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diff --git a/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml b/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml index e9650c7cb..9334472af 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml @@ -1,120 +1,128 @@ -<?xml version="1.0"?> -<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [ - <!ENTITY % myents SYSTEM "bugzilla.ent"> - %myents; +<!DOCTYPE BOOK PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [ <!-- Include macros --> -<!ENTITY about SYSTEM "about.xml"> -<!ENTITY conventions SYSTEM "conventions.xml"> -<!ENTITY doc-index SYSTEM "index.xml"> -<!ENTITY gfdl SYSTEM "gfdl.xml"> -<!ENTITY glossary SYSTEM "glossary.xml"> -<!ENTITY installation SYSTEM "installation.xml"> -<!ENTITY administration SYSTEM "administration.xml"> -<!ENTITY security SYSTEM "security.xml"> -<!ENTITY using SYSTEM "using.xml"> -<!ENTITY integration SYSTEM "integration.xml"> -<!ENTITY index SYSTEM "index.xml"> -<!ENTITY customization SYSTEM "customization.xml"> -<!ENTITY troubleshooting SYSTEM "troubleshooting.xml"> -<!ENTITY patches SYSTEM "patches.xml"> -<!ENTITY introduction SYSTEM "introduction.xml"> -<!ENTITY modules SYSTEM "modules.xml"> - -<!-- Things to change for a stable release: - * bz-ver to current stable - * bz-nexver to next stable - * bz-date to the release date - * landfillbase to the branch install - * Remove the BZ-DEVEL comments - - COMPILE DOCS AND CHECKIN - - Also, tag and tarball before completing - * bz-ver to devel version - - For a devel release, simple bump bz-ver and bz-date ---> +<!ENTITY about SYSTEM "about.sgml"> +<!ENTITY conventions SYSTEM "conventions.sgml"> +<!ENTITY doc-index SYSTEM "index.sgml"> +<!ENTITY faq SYSTEM "faq.sgml"> +<!ENTITY gfdl SYSTEM "gfdl.sgml"> +<!ENTITY glossary SYSTEM "glossary.sgml"> +<!ENTITY installation SYSTEM "installation.sgml"> +<!ENTITY administration SYSTEM "administration.sgml"> +<!ENTITY using SYSTEM "using.sgml"> +<!ENTITY integration SYSTEM "integration.sgml"> +<!ENTITY future SYSTEM "future.sgml"> +<!ENTITY index SYSTEM "index.sgml"> +<!ENTITY database SYSTEM "database.sgml"> +<!ENTITY patches SYSTEM "patches.sgml"> +<!ENTITY variants SYSTEM "variants.sgml"> +<!ENTITY requiredsoftware SYSTEM "requiredsoftware.sgml"> -<!ENTITY bz-ver "3.1.3"> -<!ENTITY bz-nextver "3.2"> -<!ENTITY bz-date "2008-02-01"> -<!ENTITY current-year "2008"> +]> -<!ENTITY landfillbase "http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/"> -<!ENTITY bz "http://www.bugzilla.org/"> -<!ENTITY bzg-bugs "<ulink url='https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&component=Documentation'>Bugzilla Documentation</ulink>"> -<!ENTITY mysql "http://www.mysql.com/"> +<!-- Coding standards for this document -<!ENTITY min-perl-ver "5.8.1"> -]> +1. Preface new or modified sections with a comment stating who + modified it and when; please also use the "authorinitials" tag. +2. There is no "two". -<!-- Coding standards for this document +3. Other than the GFDL, please use the "section" tag instead of "sect1", "sect2", etc. + +4. Use Entities to include files for new chapters in Bugzilla-Guide.sgml. + +5. Ensure all documents compile cleanly to HTML after modification. + The errors "DTD Declaration not allowed here" and "DTDDECL catalog types not supported" + are normal errors to be expected when compiling the whole guide. + +6. Try to index important terms wherever possible. + +7. Follow coding standards at http://www.linuxdoc.org. + +8. All tags should be lowercase (needsfix) -* Other than the GFDL, please use the "section" tag instead of "sect1", - "sect2", etc. -* Use Entities to include files for new chapters in Bugzilla-Guide.xml. -* Try to use Entities for frequently-used passages of text as well. -* Ensure all documents compile cleanly to HTML after modification. - The warning, "DTDDECL catalog types not supported" is normal. -* Try to index important terms wherever possible. -* Use "glossterm" whenever you introduce a new term. -* Follow coding standards at http://www.tldp.org, and - check out the KDE guidelines (they are nice, too) - http://i18n.kde.org/doc/markup.html -* All tags should be lowercase. -* Please use sensible spacing. The comments at the very end of each - file define reasonable defaults for PSGML mode in EMACS. -* Double-indent tags, use double spacing whenever possible, and - try to avoid clutter and feel free to waste space in the code to make it - more readable. +9. Code being submitted for review should use the +"review" tag. Documentation on this is available at +http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/tools-hints.html + under section 4.9.4, "Making notes on the text while it's being written". + +10. Please use sensible spacing. The comments at the very end of each Guide + file define reasonable defaults for PSGML mode in EMACS. + Double-indent tags, use double spacing whenever possible, + try to avoid clutter and feel free to waste space in the code to make it more readable. --> -<book id="index"> +<BOOK ID="index"> <!-- Header --> - <bookinfo> - <title>The Bugzilla Guide - &bz-ver; - <!-- BZ-DEVEL -->Development <!-- /BZ-DEVEL --> - Release</title> - - <authorgroup> - <corpauthor>The Bugzilla Team</corpauthor> - </authorgroup> - - <pubdate>&bz-date;</pubdate> - - <abstract> - <para> - This is the documentation for Bugzilla, a - bug-tracking system from mozilla.org. - Bugzilla is an enterprise-class piece of software - that tracks millions of bugs and issues for hundreds of - organizations around the world. - </para> - - <para> - The most current version of this document can always be found on the - <ulink url="http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/">Bugzilla - Documentation Page</ulink>. - </para> - - </abstract> - - <keywordset> - <keyword>Bugzilla</keyword> - <keyword>Guide</keyword> - <keyword>installation</keyword> - <keyword>FAQ</keyword> - <keyword>administration</keyword> - <keyword>integration</keyword> - <keyword>MySQL</keyword> - <keyword>Mozilla</keyword> - <keyword>webtools</keyword> - </keywordset> - </bookinfo> + <BOOKINFO> + <TITLE>The Bugzilla Guide</TITLE> + <PUBDATE>v2.12.0, 24 April 2001</PUBDATE> + <AUTHOR> + <FIRSTNAME>Matthew</FIRSTNAME> + <OTHERNAME>P.</OTHERNAME> + <SURNAME>Barnson</SURNAME> + <affiliation> + <address><email>barnboy@trilobyte.net</email></address> + </affiliation> + </AUTHOR> + + <ABSTRACT> + <PARA>This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the Mozilla bug-tracking system.</PARA> + </ABSTRACT> + + <REVHISTORY> + <REVISION> + <REVNUMBER>v2.11</REVNUMBER> + <DATE>20 December 2000</DATE> + <AUTHORINITIALS>MPB</AUTHORINITIALS> + <REVREMARK>Converted the README, FAQ, and DATABASE information into SGML + docbook format.</REVREMARK> + </REVISION> + + <revision> + <revnumber>2.11.1</revnumber> + <date>06 March 2001</date> + <authorinitials>MPB</authorinitials> + <revremark> + Took way too long to revise this for 2.12 release. + Updated FAQ to use qandaset tags instead of literallayout, + cleaned up administration section, added User Guide section, + miscellaneous FAQ updates and third-party integration information. + From this point on all new tags are lowercase in preparation for the + 2.13 release of the Guide in XML format instead of SGML. + </revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>2.12.0</revnumber> + <date>24 April 2001</date> + <authorinitials>MPB</authorinitials> + <revremark> + Things fixed this release: Elaborated on queryhelp interface, added FAQ regarding + moving bugs from one keyword to another, clarified possible problems with the Landfill + tutorial, fixed a boatload of typos and unclear sentence structures. Incorporated the + README into the UNIX installation section, and changed the README to indicate the deprecated + status. Things I know need work: Used "simplelist" a lot, where I should have used + "procedure" to tag things. Need to lowercase all tags to be XML compliant. + </revremark> + </revision> + </REVHISTORY> + + <KEYWORDSET> + <KEYWORD>Bugzilla</KEYWORD> + <KEYWORD>Guide</KEYWORD> + <KEYWORD>installation</KEYWORD> + <KEYWORD>FAQ</KEYWORD> + <KEYWORD>administration</KEYWORD> + <KEYWORD>integration</KEYWORD> + <KEYWORD>MySQL</KEYWORD> + <KEYWORD>Mozilla</KEYWORD> + <KEYWORD>webtools</KEYWORD> + </KEYWORDSET> + </BOOKINFO> <!-- About This Guide --> &about; @@ -125,25 +133,31 @@ <!-- Administering Bugzilla --> &administration; -<!-- Securing Bugzilla --> -&security; - <!-- Using Bugzilla --> &using; -<!-- Customizing Bugzilla --> -&customization; +<!-- Integrating Bugzilla with Third-Party Tools --> +&integration; + +<!-- The Future of Bugzilla --> +&future; + +<!-- Appendix: The Frequently Asked Questions --> +&faq; + +<!-- Appendix: Required Bugzilla Software Links --> +&requiredsoftware -<!-- Appendix: Troubleshooting --> -&troubleshooting; +<!-- Appendix: The Database Schema --> +&database; + +<!-- Appendix: Major Bugzilla Variants --> +&variants; <!-- Appendix: Custom Patches --> &patches; -<!-- Appendix: Manually Installing Perl Modules --> -&modules; - -<!-- Appendix: GNU Free Documentation License --> +<!-- Appendix: The GNU Free Documentation License --> &gfdl; <!-- Glossary --> @@ -152,27 +166,31 @@ <!-- Index --> &index; - -</book> +</BOOK> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml -sgml-always-quote-attributes:t -sgml-auto-insert-required-elements:t -sgml-balanced-tag-edit:t -sgml-exposed-tags:nil +sgml-omittag:t +sgml-shorttag:t +sgml-namecase-general:t sgml-general-insert-case:lower -sgml-indent-data:t +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:2 +sgml-indent-data:t +sgml-parent-document:nil +sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil -sgml-minimize-attributes:nil -sgml-namecase-general:t -sgml-omittag:t -sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter") -sgml-shorttag:t -sgml-tag-region-if-active:t End: --> + + + + + + + + diff --git a/docs/en/xml/about.xml b/docs/en/xml/about.xml index 2594e873f..d1b56cfdb 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/about.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/about.xml @@ -1,243 +1,242 @@ -<!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [ -<!ENTITY conventions SYSTEM "conventions.xml"> ] > --> -<!-- $Id: about.xml,v 1.1 2008/04/03 19:05:43 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ --> - -<chapter id="about"> -<title>About This Guide</title> - - <section id="copyright"> - <title>Copyright Information</title> - - <para>This document is copyright (c) 2000-¤t-year; by the various - Bugzilla contributors who wrote it.</para> - - <blockquote> - <para> - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this - document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation - License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the - Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no - Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of - the license is included in <xref linkend="gfdl"/>. - </para> - </blockquote> - <para> - If you have any questions regarding this document, its - copyright, or publishing this document in non-electronic form, - please contact the Bugzilla Team. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="disclaimer"> - <title>Disclaimer</title> - <para> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [ +<!ENTITY conventions SYSTEM "conventions.sgml"> ] > + +<CHAPTER ID="about"> +<TITLE>About This Guide</TITLE> + + <SECTION ID="aboutthisguide"> + <TITLE>Purpose and Scope of this Guide</TITLE> + <PARA> + This document was started on September 17, 2000 + by Matthew P. Barnson after a great deal of procrastination updating the Bugzilla FAQ, + which I left untouched for nearly half a year. + After numerous complete rewrites and reformatting, it is the document you see today. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Despite the lack of updates, Bugzilla is simply the best piece of bug-tracking software + the world has ever seen. This document is intended to be the comprehensive guide to + the installation, administration, maintenance, and use of the Bugzilla bug-tracking system. + </PARA> + <PARA> + This release of the Bugzilla Guide is the <EMPHASIS>2.11</EMPHASIS> release. + It is so named that it may match the current version of Bugzilla. + The numbering tradition stems from that used for many free software projects, + in which <EMPHASIS>even-numbered</EMPHASIS> point releases (1.2, 1.14, etc.) + are considered "stable releases", intended for public consumption; on the other + hand, <EMPHASIS>odd-numbered</EMPHASIS> point releases (1.3, 2.09, etc.) + are considered unstable <EMPHASIS>development</EMPHASIS> releases intended + for advanced users, systems administrators, developers, and those who enjoy + a lot of pain. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Newer revisions of the Bugzilla Guide will follow the numbering conventions of + the main-tree Bugzilla releases, available at + <ULINK URL="http://www.mozilla.org/bugs/source.html">Mozilla.org</ULINK>, with + the exception that intermediate releases will have a minor revision number + following a period. For instance, if the current version of Bugzilla is 4.2, + the current "stable" version of the Bugzilla guide, in, say, it's fifth revision, + would be numbered "4.2.5". Got it? Good. + </PARA> + <PARA> + I wrote this in response to the enormous demand for decent Bugzilla documentation. + I have incorporated instructions from the Bugzilla README, Frequently Asked Questions, + Database Schema Document, and various mailing lists to create it. + Chances are, there are glaring errors in this documentation; please contact + <EMAIL>barnboy@trilobyte.net</EMAIL> to correct them. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION ID="copyright"> + <TITLE>Copyright Information</TITLE> + <BLOCKQUOTE> + <ATTRIBUTION>Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Matthew P. Barnson</ATTRIBUTION> + <PARA> + Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under thei + terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published + by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and + with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled + "GNU Free Documentation LIcense". + </PARA> + </BLOCKQUOTE> + <PARA> + If you have any questions regarding this document, its' copyright, or publishing this + document in non-electronic form, please contact <EMAIL>barnboy@trilobyte.net</EMAIL> + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION ID="disclaimer"> + <TITLE>Disclaimer</TITLE> + <PARA> No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted. - Follow the instructions herein at your own risk. - This document may contain errors - and inaccuracies that may damage your system, cause your partner - to leave you, your boss to fire you, your cats to - pee on your furniture and clothing, and global thermonuclear - war. Proceed with caution. - </para> - <para> - Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as - endorsements, with the exception of the term "GNU/Linux". We - wholeheartedly endorse the use of GNU/Linux; it is an extremely - versatile, stable, - and robust operating system that offers an ideal operating - environment for Bugzilla. - </para> - <para> - Although the Bugzilla development team has taken great care to - ensure that all exploitable bugs have been fixed, security holes surely - exist in any piece of code. Great care should be taken both in - the installation and usage of this software. The Bugzilla development - team members assume no liability for your use of Bugzilla. You have - the source code, and are responsible for auditing it yourself to ensure - your security needs are met. - </para> - </section> + Use the concepts, examples, and other content at your own risk. + As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors + and inaccuracies that may damage your system. Use of this document + may cause your girlfriend to leave you, your cats to pee on your + furniture and clothing, your computer to cease functioning, your + boss to fire you, and global thermonuclear war. Proceed with caution. + </PARA> + <PARA> + All copyrights are held by their respective owners, unless specifically + noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded + as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. + In particular, I like to put down Microsoft(tm). Live with it. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements, + with the exception of the term "GNU/Linux". + Use GNU/Linux. Love it. Bathe with it. It is life and happiness. + I endorse it wholeheartedly and encourage you to do the same. + </PARA> + <PARA> + You are strongly recommended to make a backup of your system before + installing Bugzilla and at regular intervals thereafter. Heaven knows + it's saved my bacon time after time; if you implement any suggestion in + this Guide, implement this one! + </PARA> + <PARA> + Bugzilla has not undergone a complete security review. + Security holes probably exist in the code. + Great care should be taken both in the installation and usage of this software. + Carefully consider the implications of installing other network services with Bugzilla. + </PARA> + </SECTION> <!-- Section 2: New Versions --> - <section id="newversions"> - <title>New Versions</title> - <para> - This is the &bz-ver; version of The Bugzilla Guide. It is so named - to match the current version of Bugzilla. - <!-- BZ-DEVEL --> This version of the guide, like its associated Bugzilla version, is a - development version.<!-- /BZ-DEVEL --> - </para> - <para> - The latest version of this guide can always be found at <ulink - url="http://www.bugzilla.org"/>, or checked out via CVS by - following the <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html">Mozilla - CVS</ulink> instructions and check out the - <filename>mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/</filename> - subtree. However, you should read the version - which came with the Bugzilla release you are using. - </para> - <para> - The Bugzilla Guide, or a section of it, is also available in - the following languages: - <ulink url="http://www.traduc.org/docs/guides/lecture/bugzilla/">French</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://bugzilla-de.sourceforge.net/docs/html/">German</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://www.bugzilla.jp/docs/2.18/">Japanese</ulink>. - Note that these may be outdated or not up to date. - </para> - - <para> - In addition, there are Bugzilla template localization projects in - the following languages. They may have translated documentation - available: - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-ar/">Arabic</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-be/">Belarusian</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://openfmi.net/projects/mozilla-bg/">Bulgarian</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-br/">Brazilian Portuguese</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-cn/">Chinese</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-fr/">French</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://germzilla.ganderbay.net/">German</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-it/">Italian</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://www.bugzilla.jp/about/jp.html">Japanese</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-kr/">Korean</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-ru/">Russian</ulink> and - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-es/">Spanish</ulink>. - </para> - - <para> - If you would like to volunteer to translate the Guide into additional - languages, please contact - <ulink url="mailto:justdave@bugzilla.org">Dave Miller</ulink>. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="credits"> - <title>Credits</title> - <para> - The people listed below have made enormous contributions to the - creation of this Guide, through their writing, dedicated hacking efforts, - numerous e-mail and IRC support sessions, and overall excellent - contribution to the Bugzilla community: - </para> - - <!-- TODO: This is evil... there has to be a valid way to get this look --> - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Matthew P. Barnson <email>mbarnson@sisna.com</email></term> - <listitem> - <para>for the Herculean task of pulling together the Bugzilla Guide - and shepherding it to 2.14. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Terry Weissman <email>terry@mozilla.org</email></term> - <listitem> - <para>for initially writing Bugzilla and creating the README upon - which the UNIX installation documentation is largely based. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Tara Hernandez <email>tara@tequilarists.org</email></term> - <listitem> - <para>for keeping Bugzilla development going strong after Terry left - mozilla.org and for running landfill. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Dave Lawrence <email>dkl@redhat.com</email></term> - <listitem> - <para>for providing insight into the key differences between Red - Hat's customized Bugzilla. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Dawn Endico <email>endico@mozilla.org</email></term> - <listitem> - <para>for being a hacker extraordinaire and putting up with Matthew's - incessant questions and arguments on irc.mozilla.org in #mozwebtools - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Jacob Steenhagen <email>jake@bugzilla.org</email></term> - <listitem> - <para>for taking over documentation during the 2.17 development - period. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Dave Miller <email>justdave@bugzilla.org</email></term> - <listitem> - <para>for taking over as project lead when Tara stepped down and - continually pushing for the documentation to be the best it can be. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - - <para> - Thanks also go to the following people for significant contributions - to this documentation: - <simplelist type="inline"> - <member>Kevin Brannen</member> - <member>Vlad Dascalu</member> - <member>Ben FrantzDale</member> - <member>Eric Hanson</member> - <member>Zach Lipton</member> - <member>Gervase Markham</member> - <member>Andrew Pearson</member> - <member>Joe Robins</member> - <member>Spencer Smith</member> - <member>Ron Teitelbaum</member> - <member>Shane Travis</member> - <member>Martin Wulffeld</member> - </simplelist>. - </para> - - <para> - Also, thanks are due to the members of the - <ulink url="news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.support.bugzilla"> - mozilla.support.bugzilla</ulink> - newsgroup (and its predecessor, netscape.public.mozilla.webtools). - Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches, - this could never have happened. - </para> - </section> + <SECTION ID="newversions"> + <TITLE>New Versions</TITLE> + <PARA> + This is the initial release of the Bugzilla Guide. + </PARA> + <PARA> + This document can be found in the following places: + </PARA> + <PARA> + <ITEMIZEDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <ULINK URL="http://www.trilobyte.net/barnsons/">TriloBYTE</ULINK> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <ULINK URL="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/">Mozilla.org</ULINK> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <ULINK URL="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">The Linux Documentation Project</ULINK> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ITEMIZEDLIST> + </PARA> + <PARA> + The latest version of this document can be checked out via CVS. + Please follow the instructions available at + <ULINK URL="http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html">the Mozilla CVS page</ULINK>, + and check out the mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/ branch. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION ID="credits"> + <TITLE>Credits</TITLE> + <PARA> + The people listed below have made enormous contributions to the creation + of this Guide, through their dedicated hacking efforts, + numerous e-mail and IRC support sessions, + and overall excellent contribution to the Bugzilla community: + </PARA> + <PARA> + <ULINK URL="mailto://terry@mozilla.org">Terry Weissman</ULINK> + for initially converting Bugzilla from BugSplat! + and writing the README upon which this documentation is largely based. + </PARA> + <PARA> + <ULINK URL="mailto://tara@tequilarista.org">Tara Hernandez</ULINK> + for keeping Bugzilla development going strong after Terry left Mozilla.org + </PARA> + <PARA> + <ULINK URL="mailto://dkl@redhat.com">Dave Lawrence</ULINK> + for providing insight into the key differences between Red Hat's + customized Bugzilla, and being largely responsible for the + "Red Hat Bugzilla" appendix + </PARA> + <PARA> + <ULINK URL="mailto://endico@mozilla.org">Dawn Endico</ULINK> + for being a hacker extraordinaire and putting up with my incessant + questions and arguments on irc.mozilla.org in #mozwebtools + </PARA> + <PARA> + Last but not least, all the members of the + <ULINK URL="news://news.mozilla.org/netscape/public/mozilla/webtools"> + netscape.public.mozilla.webtools</ULINK> newsgroup. Without your + discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches, this could never have happened. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + <SECTION id="contributors"> +<TITLE>Contributors</TITLE> + <PARA> + Thanks go to these people for significant contributions + to this documentation (in no particular order): + </PARA> + <PARA> + Zach Lipton (significant textual contributions), + Andrew Pearson, + Spencer Smith, + Eric Hanson, + Kevin Brannen, + </PARA> + </SECTION> + <SECTION ID="feedback"> + <TITLE>Feedback</TITLE> + <PARA> + I welcome feedback on this document. Without your submissions and input, + this Guide cannot continue to exist. Please mail additions, comments, criticisms, etc. + to <EMAIL>barnboy@trilobyte.net</EMAIL>. Please send flames to + <EMAIL>devnull@localhost</EMAIL> + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION ID="translations"> + <TITLE>Translations</TITLE> + <PARA> + The Bugzilla Guide needs translators! + Please volunteer your translation into the language of your choice. + If you will translate this Guide, please notify the members of the mozilla-webtools mailing list at + <email>mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org</email>. 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The parameters are divided into several categories, - accessed via the menu on the left. Following is a description of the - different categories and important parameters within those categories. - </para> - - <section id="param-requiredsettings"> - <title>Required Settings</title> - - <para> - The core required parameters for any Bugzilla installation are set - here. These parameters must be set before a new Bugzilla installation - can be used. Administrators should review this list before - deploying a new Bugzilla installation. - </para> - - <indexterm> - <primary>checklist</primary> - </indexterm> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - maintainer - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Email address of the person - responsible for maintaining this Bugzilla installation. - The address need not be that of a valid Bugzilla account. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - urlbase - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Defines the fully qualified domain name and web - server path to this Bugzilla installation. - </para> - <para> - For example, if the Bugzilla query page is - <filename>http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/query.cgi</filename>, - the <quote>urlbase</quote> should be set - to <filename>http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/</filename>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - docs_urlbase - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Defines path to the Bugzilla documentation. This can be a fully - qualified domain name, or a path relative to "urlbase". - </para> - <para> - For example, if the "Bugzilla Configuration" page - of the documentation is - <filename>http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/docs/html/parameters.html</filename>, - set the <quote>docs_urlbase</quote> - to <filename>http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/docs/html/</filename>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - sslbase - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Defines the fully qualified domain name and web - server path for HTTPS (SSL) connections to this Bugzilla installation. - </para> - <para> - For example, if the Bugzilla main page is - <filename>https://www.foo.com/bugzilla/index.cgi</filename>, - the <quote>sslbase</quote> should be set - to <filename>https://www.foo.com/bugzilla/</filename>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - ssl - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Determines when Bugzilla will force HTTPS (SSL) connections, using - the URL defined in <command>sslbase</command>. - Options include "always", "never", and "authenticated sessions". - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - cookiedomain - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Defines the domain for Bugzilla cookies. This is typically left blank. - If there are multiple hostnames that point to the same webserver, which - require the same cookie, then this parameter can be utilized. For - example, If your website is at - <filename>https://www.foo.com/</filename>, setting this to - <filename>.foo.com/</filename> will also allow - <filename>bar.foo.com/</filename> to access Bugzilla cookies. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - cookiepath - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Defines a path, relative to the web server root, that Bugzilla - cookies will be restricted to. For example, if the - <command>urlbase</command> is set to - <filename>http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/</filename>, the - <command>cookiepath</command> should be set to - <filename>/bugzilla/</filename>. Setting it to "/" will allow all sites - served by this web server or virtual host to read Bugzilla cookies. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - timezone - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Timezone of server. The timezone is displayed with timestamps. If - this parameter is left blank, the timezone is not displayed. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - utf8 - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Determines whether to use UTF-8 (Unicode) encoding for all text in - Bugzilla. New installations should set this to true to avoid character - encoding problems. Existing databases should set this to true only - after the data has been converted from existing legacy character - encoding to UTF-8, using the - <filename>contrib/recode.pl</filename> script. - </para> - <note> - <para> - If you turn this parameter from "off" to "on", you must re-run - <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> immediately afterward. - </para> - </note> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - shutdownhtml - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - If there is any text in this field, this Bugzilla installation will - be completely disabled and this text will appear instead of all - Bugzilla pages for all users, including Admins. Used in the event - of site maintenance or outage situations. - </para> - <note> - <para> - Although regular log-in capability is disabled while - <command>shutdownhtml</command> - is enabled, safeguards are in place to protect the unfortunate - admin who loses connection to Bugzilla. Should this happen to you, - go directly to the <filename>editparams.cgi</filename> (by typing - the URL in manually, if necessary). Doing this will prompt you to - log in, and your name/password will be accepted here (but nowhere - else). - </para> - </note> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - announcehtml - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Any text in this field will be displayed at the top of every HTML - page in this Bugzilla installation. The text is not wrapped in any - tags. For best results, wrap the text in a <quote><div></quote> - tag. Any style attributes from the CSS can be applied. For example, - to make the text green inside of a red box, add <quote>id=message</quote> - to the <quote><div></quote> tag. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - proxy_url - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - If this Bugzilla installation is behind a proxy, enter the proxy - information here to enable Bugzilla to access the Internet. Bugzilla - requires Internet access to utilize the - <command>upgrade_notification</command> parameter (below). If the - proxy requires authentication, use the syntax: - <filename>http://user:pass@proxy_url/</filename>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - upgrade_notification - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Enable or disable a notification on the homepage of this Bugzilla - installation when a newer version of Bugzilla is available. This - notification is only visible to administrators. Choose "disabled", - to turn off the notification. Otherwise, choose which version of - Bugzilla you want to be notified about: "development_snapshot" is the - latest release on the trunk; "latest_stable_release" is the most - recent release available on the most recent stable branch; - "stable_branch_release" the most recent release on the branch - this installation is based on. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </section> - - <section id="param-admin-policies"> - <title>Administrative Policies</title> - <para> - This page contains parameters for basic administrative functions. - Options include whether to allow the deletion of bugs and users, whether - to allow users to change their email address, and whether to allow - user watching (one user receiving all notifications of a selected - other user). - </para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - supportwatchers - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Turning on this option allows users to ask to receive copies - of bug mail sent to another user. Watching a user with - different group permissions is not a way to 'get around' the - system; copied emails are still subject to the normal groupset - permissions of a bug, and <quote>watchers</quote> will only be - copied on emails from bugs they would normally be allowed to view. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </section> - - <section id="param-user-authentication"> - <title>User Authentication</title> - <para> - This page contains the settings that control how this Bugzilla - installation will do its authentication. Choose what authentication - mechanism to use (the Bugzilla database, or an external source such - as LDAP), and set basic behavioral parameters. For example, choose - whether to require users to login to browse bugs, the management - of authentication cookies, and the regular expression used to - validate email addresses. Some parameters are highlighted below. - </para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - emailregexp - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Defines the regular expression used to validate email addresses - used for login names. The default attempts to match fully - qualified email addresses (i.e. 'user@example.com'). Some - Bugzilla installations allow only local user names (i.e 'user' - instead of 'user@example.com'). In that case, the - <command>emailsuffix</command> parameter should be used to define - the email domain. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - emailsuffix - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - This string is appended to login names when actually sending - email to a user. For example, - If <command>emailregexp</command> has been set to allow - local usernames, - then this parameter would contain the email domain for all users - (i.e. '@example.com'). - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </section> - - <section id="param-attachments"> - <title>Attachments</title> - <para> - This page allows for setting restrictions and other parameters - regarding attachments to bugs. For example, control size limitations - and whether to allow pointing to external files via a URI. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="param-bug-change-policies"> - <title>Bug Change Policies</title> - <para> - Set policy on default behavior for bug change events. For example, - choose which status to set a bug to when it is marked as a duplicate, - and choose whether to allow bug reporters to set the priority or - target milestone. Also allows for configuration of what changes - should require the user to make a comment, described below. - </para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - commenton* - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - All these fields allow you to dictate what changes can pass - without comment, and which must have a comment from the - person who changed them. Often, administrators will allow - users to add themselves to the CC list, accept bugs, or - change the Status Whiteboard without adding a comment as to - their reasons for the change, yet require that most other - changes come with an explanation. - </para> - - <para> - Set the "commenton" options according to your site policy. It - is a wise idea to require comments when users resolve, reassign, or - reopen bugs at the very least. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - It is generally far better to require a developer comment - when resolving bugs than not. Few things are more annoying to bug - database users than having a developer mark a bug "fixed" without - any comment as to what the fix was (or even that it was truly - fixed!) - </para> - </note> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term> - noresolveonopenblockers - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - This option will prevent users from resolving bugs as FIXED if - they have unresolved dependencies. Only the FIXED resolution - is affected. Users will be still able to resolve bugs to - resolutions other than FIXED if they have unresolved dependent - bugs. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </section> - - <section id="param-bugfields"> - <title>Bug Fields</title> - <para> - The parameters in this section determine the default settings of - several Bugzilla fields for new bugs, and also control whether - certain fields are used. For example, choose whether to use the - "target milestone" field or the "status whiteboard" field. - </para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - useqacontact - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - This allows you to define an email address for each component, - in addition to that of the default assignee, who will be sent - carbon copies of incoming bugs. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - usestatuswhiteboard - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - This defines whether you wish to have a free-form, overwritable field - associated with each bug. The advantage of the Status Whiteboard is - that it can be deleted or modified with ease, and provides an - easily-searchable field for indexing some bugs that have some trait - in common. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </section> - - <section id="param-bugmoving"> - <title>Bug Moving</title> - <para> - This page controls whether this Bugzilla installation allows certain - users to move bugs to an external database. If bug moving is enabled, - there are a number of parameters that control bug moving behaviors. - For example, choose which users are allowed to move bugs, the location - of the external database, and the default product and component that - bugs moved <emphasis>from</emphasis> other bug databases to this - Bugzilla installation are assigned to. - </para> - - </section> - - <section id="param-dependency-graphs"> - <title>Dependency Graphs</title> - <para> - This page has one parameter that sets the location of a Web Dot - server, or of the Web Dot binary on the local system, that is used - to generate dependency graphs. Web Dot is a CGI program that creates - images from <filename>.dot</filename> graphic description files. If - no Web Dot server or binary is specified, then dependency graphs will - be disabled. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="param-group-security"> - <title>Group Security</title> - <para> - Bugzilla allows for the creation of different groups, with the - ability to restrict the visibility of bugs in a group to a set of - specific users. Specific products can also be associated with - groups, and users restricted to only see products in their groups. - Several parameters are described in more detail below. Most of the - configuration of groups and their relationship to products is done - on the "Groups" and "Product" pages of the "Administration" area. - The options on this page control global default behavior. - For more information on Groups and Group Security, see - <xref linkend="groups"/> - </para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - makeproductgroups - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Determines whether or not to automatically create groups - when new products are created. If this is on, the groups will be - used for querying bugs. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - useentrygroupdefault - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Bugzilla products can have a group associated with them, so that - certain users can only see bugs in certain products. When this - parameter is set to <quote>on</quote>, this - causes the initial group controls on newly created products - to place all newly-created bugs in the group - having the same name as the product immediately. - After a product is initially created, the group controls - can be further adjusted without interference by - this mechanism. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - usevisibilitygroups - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - If selected, user visibility will be restricted to members of - groups, as selected in the group configuration settings. - Each user-defined group can be allowed to see members of selected - other groups. - For details on configuring groups (including the visibility - restrictions) see <xref linkend="edit-groups"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - querysharegroup - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - The name of the group of users who are allowed to share saved - searches with one another. For more information on using - saved searches, see <xref linkend="savedsearches"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </section> - - <section id="bzldap"> - <title>LDAP Authentication</title> - - <para>LDAP authentication is a module for Bugzilla's plugin - authentication architecture. This page contains all the parameters - necessary to configure Bugzilla for use with LDAP authentication. - </para> - - <para> - The existing authentication - scheme for Bugzilla uses email addresses as the primary user ID, and a - password to authenticate that user. All places within Bugzilla that - require a user ID (e.g assigning a bug) use the email - address. The LDAP authentication builds on top of this scheme, rather - than replacing it. The initial log-in is done with a username and - password for the LDAP directory. Bugzilla tries to bind to LDAP using - those credentials and, if successful, tries to map this account to a - Bugzilla account. If an LDAP mail attribute is defined, the value of this - attribute is used, otherwise the "emailsuffix" parameter is appended to LDAP - username to form a full email address. If an account for this address - already exists in the Bugzilla installation, it will log in to that account. - If no account for that email address exists, one is created at the time - of login. (In this case, Bugzilla will attempt to use the "displayName" - or "cn" attribute to determine the user's full name.) After - authentication, all other user-related tasks are still handled by email - address, not LDAP username. For example, bugs are still assigned by - email address and users are still queried by email address. - </para> - - <caution> - <para>Because the Bugzilla account is not created until the first time - a user logs in, a user who has not yet logged is unknown to Bugzilla. - This means they cannot be used as an assignee or QA contact (default or - otherwise), added to any CC list, or any other such operation. One - possible workaround is the <filename>bugzilla_ldapsync.rb</filename> - script in the - <glossterm linkend="gloss-contrib"> - <filename class="directory">contrib</filename></glossterm> - directory. Another possible solution is fixing - <ulink url="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201069">bug - 201069</ulink>. - </para> - </caution> - - <para>Parameters required to use LDAP Authentication:</para> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> + +<!-- TOC +Chapter: Administration + Localconfig and Checksetup.pl customizations + The Email Gateway + Editing parameters + Deciding your site policies + The Shadow Database + Customizing password mail & layout + The Whining Cron + Why you shouldn't allow deletion + User administration + Creating Users + Disabling Users + User Permissions + Product Administration + Creating products + Creating components + Assigning default owners and Q/A contacts to components + Product Milestones + Product Versions + Voting +--> - <variablelist> - <varlistentry id="param-user_verify_class_for_ldap"> - <term>user_verify_class</term> - <listitem> - <para>If you want to list <quote>LDAP</quote> here, - make sure to have set up the other parameters listed below. - Unless you have other (working) authentication methods listed as - well, you may otherwise not be able to log back in to Bugzilla once - you log out. - If this happens to you, you will need to manually edit - <filename>data/params</filename> and set user_verify_class to - <quote>DB</quote>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> +<CHAPTER id="administration"> + <TITLE>Administering Bugzilla</TITLE> +<SUBTITLE>Or, I just got this cool thing installed. Now what the heck do I do with it?</SUBTITLE> + +<PARA> +So you followed the README isntructions to the letter, and +just logged into bugzilla with your super-duper god account and you are sitting at the query +screen. Yet, you have nothing to query. Your first act of business needs to be to setup the +operating parameters for bugzilla.</PARA> + + <SECTION id="postinstall-check"> + <TITLE>Post-Installation Checklist</TITLE> + <PARA> + After installation, follow the checklist below to ensure that + you have a successful installation. + If you do not see a recommended setting for a parameter, + consider leaving it at the default + while you perform your initial tests on your Bugzilla setup. + </PARA> + <INDEXTERM> + <PRIMARY>checklist</PRIMARY> + </INDEXTERM> + <PROCEDURE> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Bring up "editparams.cgi" in your web browser. For instance, to edit parameters + at mozilla.org, the URL would be <ULINK URL="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/editparams.cgi"> + http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/editparams.cgi</ULINK>, also available under the "edit parameters" + link on your query page. + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Set "maintainer" to <EMPHASIS>your</EMPHASIS> email address. + This allows Bugzilla's error messages + to display your email + address and allow people to contact you for help. + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Set "urlbase" to the URL reference for your Bugzilla installation. + If your bugzilla query page is at http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/query.cgi, + your url base is http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/ + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Set "usebuggroups" to "1" <EMPHASIS>only</EMPHASIS> + if you need to restrict access to products. + I suggest leaving this parameter <EMPHASIS>off</EMPHASIS> + while initially testing your Bugzilla. + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Set "usebuggroupsentry" to "1" if you want to restrict access to products. + Once again, if you are simply testing your installation, I suggest against + turning this parameter on; the strict security checking may stop you from + being able to modify your new entries. + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Set "shadowdb" to "bug_shadowdb" if you will be + running a *very* large installation of Bugzilla. + The shadow database enables many simultaneous users + to read and write to the database + without interfering with one another. + <NOTE> + <PARA> + Enabling "shadowdb" can adversely affect the stability + of your installation of Bugzilla. + You may frequently need to manually synchronize your databases, + or schedule nightly syncs + via "cron" + </PARA> + </NOTE> + Once again, in testing you should + avoid this option -- use it if or when you <EMPHASIS>need</EMPHASIS> to use it, and have + repeatedly run into the problem it was designed to solve -- very long wait times while + attempting to commit a change to the database. + </PARA> + <PARA> + If you use the "shadowdb" option, + it is only natural that you should turn the "queryagainstshadowdb" + option "On" as well. Otherwise you are replicating data into a shadow database for no reason! + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + If you have custom logos or HTML you must put in place to fit within your site design guidelines, + place the code in the "headerhtml", "footerhtml", "errorhtml", + "bannerhtml", or "blurbhtml" text boxes. + <NOTE> + <PARA> + The "headerhtml" text box is the HTML printed out + <EMPHASIS>before</EMPHASIS> any other code on the page. + If you have a special banner, put the code for it in "bannerhtml". + You may want to leave these + settings at the defaults initially. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Add any text you wish to the "passwordmail" parameter box. For instance, + many people choose to use this box to give a quick training blurb about how to + use Bugzilla at your site. + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Ensure "newemailtech" is "on". + Your users will thank you. This is the default in the post-2.12 world, and is + only an issue if you are upgrading. + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Do you want to use the qa contact ("useqacontact") + and status whiteboard ("usestatuswhiteboard") fields? + These fields are useful because they allow for more flexibility, + particularly when you have an existing + Quality Assurance and/or Release Engineering team, + but they may not be needed for smaller installations. + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Set "whinedays" to the amount of days you want to let bugs go + in the "New" or "Reopened" state before + notifying people they have untouched new bugs. If you do not plan to use this feature, simply do + not set up the whining cron job described in the README, or set this value to "0". + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Set the "commenton" options according to your site policy. + It is a wise idea to require comments when users + resolve, reassign, or reopen bugs. + <NOTE> + <PARA> + It is generally far better to require a developer comment when resolving bugs than not. + Few things are more annoying to bug database users than having a developer + mark a bug "fixed" without any comment as to what the fix was (or even that it was truly fixed!) + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Set "supportwatchers" to "On". This feature is helpful for team leads to monitor progress in their + respective areas, and can offer many other benefits, such as allowing a developer to pick up a + former engineer's bugs without requiring her to change all the information in the bug. + </PARA> + </STEP> + </PROCEDURE> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION id="useradmin"> + <TITLE>User Administration</TITLE> + <PARA> + User administration is one of the easiest parts of Bugzilla. + Keeping it from getting out of hand, however, can become a challenge. + </PARA> + + <SECTION id="defaultuser"> + <TITLE>Creating the Default User</TITLE> + + <PARA> + When you first run checksetup.pl after installing Bugzilla, it will prompt you + for the administrative username (email address) and password for this "super user". + If for some reason you were to delete the "super user" account, re-running + checksetup.pl will again prompt you for this username and password. + </PARA> + <TIP> + <PARA> + If you wish to add more administrative users, you must use the MySQL interface. + Run "mysql" from the command line, and use these commands ("mysql>" denotes the + mysql prompt, not something you should type in): + <COMMAND><PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> use bugs;</COMMAND> + <COMMAND><PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> update profiles set groupset=0x7ffffffffffffff + where login_name = "(user's login name)"; </COMMAND> + </PARA> + </TIP> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION id="manageusers"> + <TITLE>Managing Other Users</TITLE> + + <SECTION id="login"> + <TITLE>Logging In</TITLE> + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Open the index.html page for your Bugzilla installation in your browser window. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Click the "Query Existing Bug Reports" link. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Click the "Log In" link at the foot of the page. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Type your email address, and the password which was emailed to you when you + created your Bugzilla account, into the spaces provided. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + <PARA>Congratulations, you are logged in!</PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION id="createnewusers"> + <TITLE>Creating new users</TITLE> + <PARA> + Your users can create their own user accounts by clicking the "New Account" + link at the bottom of each page. + However, should you desire to create user accounts ahead of time, here is how you do it. + </PARA> + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + After logging in, click the "Users" link at the footer of the query page. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + To see a specific user, type a portion of their login name + in the box provided and click "submit". + To see all users, simply click the "submit" button. + You must click "submit" here to be able to add a new user. + </PARA> + <TIP> + <PARA> + More functionality is available via the list on the right-hand side + of the text entry box. + You can match what you type as a case-insensitive substring (the default) + of all users on your system, a case-sensitive regular expression + (please see the "man regexp" manual page for details on regular expression syntax), + or a <EMPHASIS>reverse</EMPHASIS> regular expression match, + where every user name which does NOT match the regular expression + is selected. + </PARA> + </TIP> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Click the "Add New User" link at the bottom of the user list + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Fill out the form presented. This page is self-explanatory. When done, click "submit". + </PARA> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + Adding a user this way will <EMPHASIS>not</EMPHASIS> send an email + informing them of their username and password. + In general, it is preferable to log out and use the "New Account" + button to create users, as it will pre-populate all the required fields and also notify + the user of her account name and password. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION id="disableusers"> + <TITLE>Disabling Users</TITLE> + <PARA> + I bet you noticed that big "Disabled Text" entry box available from the "Add New User" screen, + when you edit an account? + By entering any text in this box and selecting "submit", + you have prevented the user from using Bugzilla via the web interface. + Your explanation, written in this text box, will be presented to the user + the next time she attempts to use the system. + <WARNING> + <PARA> + Don't disable your own administrative account, or you will hate life! + </PARA> + </WARNING> + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION id="modifyusers"> + <TITLE>Modifying Users</TITLE> + <PARA> + Here I will attempt to describe the function of each option on the user edit screen. + </PARA> + <ITEMIZEDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>Login Name</EMPHASIS>: This is generally the user's email address. + However, if you have edited your system parameters, + this may just be the user's login name or some other identifier. + <TIP> + <PARA> + For compatability reasons, you should probably + stick with email addresses as user login names. It will make your life easier. + </PARA> + </TIP> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>Real Name</EMPHASIS>: Duh! + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>Password</EMPHASIS>: You will only see asterisks in versions + of Bugzilla newer than 2.10 or early 2.11. You can change the user password here. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>Email Notification</EMPHASIS>: You may choose from one of three options: + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + All qualifying bugs except those which I change: + The user will be notified of any change to any bug + for which she is the reporter, assignee, Q/A contact, CC recipient, or "watcher". + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Only those bugs which I am listed on the CC line: + The user will not be notified of changes to bugs where she is the assignee, + reporter, or Q/A contact, but will receive them if she is on the CC list. + <NOTE> + <PARA> + She will still receive whining cron emails if you set up the "whinemail" feature. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>All Qualifying Bugs</EMPHASIS>: This user is a glutton for punishment. + If her name is in the reporter, Q/A contact, CC, assignee, or is a "watcher", + she will get email updates regarding the bug. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> +</PARA> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>Disable Text</EMPHASIS>: If you type anything in this box, + including just a space, the user account is disabled from making any changes + to bugs via the web interface, and what you type in this box is presented as the reason. + <WARNING> + <PARA>Don't disable the administrator account!</PARA> + </WARNING> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + As of this writing, the user can still submit bugs via the e-mail gateway, + if you set it up, despite the disabled text field. The e-mail gateway should + <EMPHASIS>not</EMPHASIS> be enabled for secure installations of Bugzilla. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>CanConfirm</EMPHASIS>: This field is only used if you have enabled + "unconfirmed" status in your parameters screen. If you enable this for a user, + that user can then move bugs from "Unconfirmed" to "Confirmed" status (ergo: "New" status). + Be judicious about allowing users to turn this bit on for other users. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>Creategroups</EMPHASIS>: This option will allow a user to create and + destroy groups in Bugzilla. Unless you are using the Bugzilla GroupSentry security + option "usebuggroupsentry" in your parameters, this setting has no effect. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>Editbugs</EMPHASIS>: Unless a user has this bit set, they can only edit + those bugs for which they are the assignee or the reporter. + <NOTE> + <PARA> + Leaving this option unchecked does not prevent users from adding + comments to a bug! They simply cannot change a bug priority, severity, + etc. unless they are the assignee or reporter. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>Editcomponents</EMPHASIS>: This flag allows a user to create new + products and components, as well as modify and destroy those that have no bugs + associated with them. If a product or component has bugs associated with it, + those bugs must be moved to a different product or component before Bugzilla + will allow them to be destroyed. The name of a product or component can be + changed without affecting the associated bugs, but it tends to annoy + the hell out of your users when these change a lot. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>Editkeywords</EMPHASIS>: If you use Bugzilla's keyword functionality, + enabling this feature allows a user can create and destroy keywords. + As always, the keywords for existing bugs containing the keyword + the user wishes to destroy must be changed before Bugzilla will allow it to die. + You must be very careful about creating too many new keywords + if you run a very large Bugzilla installation; keywords are global variables + across products, and you can often run into a phenomenon called "keyword bloat". + This confuses users, and then the feature goes unused. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>Editusers</EMPHASIS>: This flag allows a user do what you're doing + right now: edit other users. + This will allow those with the right to do so to remove administrator + priveleges from other users or grant them to themselves. Enable with care. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <EMPHASIS>PRODUCT</EMPHASIS>: PRODUCT bugs access. This allows an administrator, + with product-level granularity, to specify in which products a user can edit bugs. + The user must still have the "editbugs" privelege to edit bugs in this area; + this simply restricts them from even seeing bugs outside these boundaries if the administrator + has enabled the group sentry parameter "usebuggroupsentry". Unless you are using bug groups, + this option has no effect. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ITEMIZEDLIST> + </SECTION> + </SECTION> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION id="programadmin"> + <TITLE>Product, Component, Milestone, and Version Administration</TITLE> + <EPIGRAPH> + <PARA> + Dear Lord, we have to get our users to do WHAT? + </PARA> + </EPIGRAPH> + + <SECTION id="products"> + <TITLE>Products</TITLE> + <SUBTITLE>Formerly, and in some spots still, called "Programs"</SUBTITLE> + <PARA> + <GLOSSTERM baseform="product" linkend="gloss_product">Products</GLOSSTERM> are the + broadest category in Bugzilla, and you should have the least of these. + If your company makes computer games, you should have one product per game, + and possibly a few special products + (website, meetings...) + </PARA> + <PARA> + A Product (formerly called "Program", and still referred to that way + in some portions of the source code) controls some very important functions. + The number of "votes" available for users to vote for the most important bugs + is set per-product, as is the number of votes required to move a bug automatically + from the UNCONFIRMED status to the NEW status. One can close a Product for further + bug entry and define various Versions available from the Edit Product screen. + </PARA> + <PARA>To create a new product:</PARA> + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Select "components" from the yellow footer + </PARA> + <TIP> + <PARA> + It may seem counterintuitive to click "components" when you want + to edit the properties associated with Products. This is one of a long + list of things we want in Bugzilla 3.0... + </PARA> + </TIP> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Select the "Add" link to the right of "Add a new product". + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Enter the name of the product and a description. + The Description field is free-form. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + <TIP> + <PARA> + Don't worry about the "Closed for bug entry", "Maximum Votes per person", + "Maximum votes a person can put on a single bug", "Number of votes a bug in + this Product needs to automatically get out of the UNCOMFIRMED state", + and "Version" options yet. + We'll cover those in a few moments. + </PARA> + </TIP> + </SECTION> - <varlistentry id="param-LDAPserver"> - <term>LDAPserver</term> - <listitem> - <para>This parameter should be set to the name (and optionally the - port) of your LDAP server. If no port is specified, it assumes - the default LDAP port of 389. - </para> - <para>Ex. <quote>ldap.company.com</quote> - or <quote>ldap.company.com:3268</quote> - </para> - <para>You can also specify a LDAP URI, so as to use other - protocols, such as LDAPS or LDAPI. If port was not specified in - the URI, the default is either 389 or 636 for 'LDAP' and 'LDAPS' - schemes respectively. - </para> - <para>Ex. <quote>ldap://ldap.company.com</quote>, - <quote>ldaps://ldap.company.com</quote> or - <quote>ldapi://%2fvar%2flib%2fldap_sock</quote> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> + <SECTION id="components"> + <TITLE>Components</TITLE> + <PARA> + Components are subsections of a Product. + + <EXAMPLE> + <TITLE>Creating some Components</TITLE> + <INFORMALEXAMPLE> + <PARA> + The computer game you are designing may a "UI" component, an "API" component, + a "Sound System" component, and a "Plugins" component, each overseen by a different + programmer. It often makes sense to divide Components in Bugzilla according to the + natural divisions of responsibility within your Product or company. + </PARA> + </INFORMALEXAMPLE> + </EXAMPLE> + + Each component has a owner and (if you turned it on in the parameters), a qa + contact. The owner should be the primary person who fixes bugs in that component. The QA + Contact should be the person who will ensure these bugs are completely fixed. The Owner, + QA Contact, and Reporter will get email when new bugs are created in this Component and + when these bugs change. Default Owner and Default QA Contact fields only dictate the + <EMPHASIS>default assignments</EMPHASIS>; the Owner and Q/A Contact fields in a bug + are otherwise unrelated to the Component. + </PARA> + + <PARA> + To create a new Component: + </PARA> + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Select the "Edit components" link from the "Edit Product" page + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Select the "Add" link to the right of the "Add a new component" text + on the "Select Component" page. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Fill out the "Component" field, a short "Description", and the "Initial Owner". + The "Component" field should not contain a space. The "Description" field is + free-form. The "Initial Owner" field must be that of a valid user already + existing in the database. If the initial owner does not exist, Bugzilla + will refuse to create the component. + <TIP> + <PARA> + Is your "Default Owner" a user who is not yet in the database? + No problem. + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Select the "Log out" link on the footer of the page. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Select the "New Account" link on the footer of the "Relogin" page + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Type in the email address of the default owner you want to create + in the "E-mail address" field, and her full name in the "Real name" + field, then select the "Submit Query" button. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Now select "Log in" again, type in your login information, and you + can modify the product to use the Default Owner information + you require. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + </PARA> + </TIP> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Either "edit" more components or return to the "query" page on the ensuing + "Addming new component" page. To return to the Product you were editing, you + must select the "components" link as before. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + </SECTION> - <varlistentry id="param-LDAPbinddn"> - <term>LDAPbinddn [Optional]</term> - <listitem> - <para>Some LDAP servers will not allow an anonymous bind to search - the directory. If this is the case with your configuration you - should set the LDAPbinddn parameter to the user account Bugzilla - should use instead of the anonymous bind. - </para> - <para>Ex. <quote>cn=default,cn=user:password</quote></para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> + <SECTION id="versions"> + <TITLE>Versions</TITLE> + <PARA> + Versions are the revisions of the product, such as "Flinders 3.1", "Flinders 95", + and "Flinders 2000". Using Versions helps you isolate code changes and are an aid + in reporting. + + <EXAMPLE> + <TITLE>Common Use of Versions</TITLE> + <INFORMALEXAMPLE> + <PARA> + A user reports a bug + against Version "Beta 2.0" of your product. The current Version of your software + is "Release Candidate 1", and no longer has the bug. This will + help you triage and classify bugs according to their relevance. It is also + possible people may report bugs against bleeding-edge beta versions that are + not evident in older versions of the software. This can help isolate code + changes that caused the bug + </PARA> + </INFORMALEXAMPLE> + </EXAMPLE> + <EXAMPLE> + <TITLE>A Different Use of Versions</TITLE> + <INFORMALEXAMPLE> + <PARA> + This field has been used to good effect by an online service provider in a slightly + different way. They had three versions of the product: "Production", "QA", + and "Dev". Although it may be the same product, a bug in the development + environment is not normally as critical as a Production bug, nor does it + need to be reported publicly. When used in conjunction with Target Milestones, + one can easily specify the environment where a bug can be reproduced, and + the Milestone by which it will be fixed. + </PARA> + </INFORMALEXAMPLE> + </EXAMPLE> + </PARA> + <PARA> + To create and edit Versions: + </PARA> + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + From the "Edit Product" screen, select "Edit Versions" + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + You will notice that the product already has the default version "undefined". + If your product doesn't use version numbers, you may want to leave this as it is + or edit it so that it is "---". You can then go back to the edit versions page + and add new versions to your product. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Otherwise, click the "Add" button to the right of the "Add a new version" text. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Enter the name of the Version. This can be free-form characters up to the limit of the + text box. Then select the "Add" button. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + At this point you can select "Edit" to edit more Versions, or return to the "Query" + page, from which you can navigate back to the product through the "components" link + at the foot of the Query page. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + </SECTION> - <varlistentry id="param-LDAPBaseDN"> - <term>LDAPBaseDN</term> - <listitem> - <para>The LDAPBaseDN parameter should be set to the location in - your LDAP tree that you would like to search for email addresses. - Your uids should be unique under the DN specified here. - </para> - <para>Ex. <quote>ou=People,o=Company</quote></para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> + <SECTION id="milestones"> + <TITLE>Milestones</TITLE> + <PARA> + Milestones are "targets" that you plan to get a bug fixed by. For example, you have a bug that + you plan to fix for your 3.0 release, it would be assigned the milestone of 3.0. Or, you have a + bug that you plan to fix for 2.8, this would have a milestone of 2.8. + </PARA> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + Milestone options will only appear for a Product if you turned the "usetargetmilestone" field + in the "Edit Parameters" screen "On". + </PARA> + </NOTE> + <PARA> + To create new Milestones, set Default Milestones, and set Milestone URL: + </PARA> + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Select "edit milestones" + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Select "Add" to the right of the "Add a new milestone" text + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Enter the name of the Milestone in the "Milestone" field. + You can optionally set the "Sortkey", which is a positive or negative number (-255 to 255) + that defines where in the list this particular milestone appears. + Select "Add". + </PARA> + <EXAMPLE> + <TITLE>Using SortKey with Target Milestone</TITLE> + <INFORMALEXAMPLE> + <PARA> + Let's say you create a target milestone called "Release 1.0", with Sortkey set to "0". + Later, you realize that you will have a public beta, called "Beta1". + You can create a Milestone called "Beta1", with a Sortkey of "-1" in order to ensure + people will see the Target Milestone of "Beta1" earlier on the list than "Release 1.0" + </PARA> + </INFORMALEXAMPLE> + </EXAMPLE> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + If you want to add more milestones, select the "Edit" link. + If you don't, well shoot, you have to go back to the "query" page and select "components" + again, and make your way back to the Product you were editing. + <NOTE> + <PARA> + This is another in the list of unusual user interface decisions that + we'd like to get cleaned up. Shouldn't there be a link to the effect of + "edit the Product I was editing when I ended up here"? In any case, + clicking "components" in the footer takes you back to the "Select product" + screen, from which you can begin editing your product again. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + From the Edit Product screen again (once you've made your way back), enter the URL + for a description of what your milestones are for this product in the "Milestone URL" field. + It should be of the format "http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/product_milestones.html" + </PARA> + <PARA> + Some common uses of this field include product descriptions, product roadmaps, + and of course a simple description of the meaning of each milestone. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + If you're using Target Milestones, the "Default Milestone" field must have some + kind of entry. If you really don't care if people set coherent Target Milestones, + simply leave this at the default, "---". However, controlling and regularly updating the Default + Milestone field is a powerful tool when reporting the status of projects. + </PARA> + <PARA>Select the "Update" button when you are done.</PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + </SECTION> - <varlistentry id="param-LDAPuidattribute"> - <term>LDAPuidattribute</term> - <listitem> - <para>The LDAPuidattribute parameter should be set to the attribute - which contains the unique UID of your users. The value retrieved - from this attribute will be used when attempting to bind as the - user to confirm their password. - </para> - <para>Ex. <quote>uid</quote></para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="param-LDAPmailattribute"> - <term>LDAPmailattribute</term> - <listitem> - <para>The LDAPmailattribute parameter should be the name of the - attribute which contains the email address your users will enter - into the Bugzilla login boxes. - </para> - <para>Ex. <quote>mail</quote></para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - </section> - - <section id="bzradius"> - <title>RADIUS Authentication</title> - - <para> - RADIUS authentication is a module for Bugzilla's plugin - authentication architecture. This page contains all the parameters - necessary for configuring Bugzilla to use RADIUS authentication. - </para> - <note> - <para> - Most caveats that apply to LDAP authentication apply to RADIUS - authentication as well. See <xref linkend="bzldap"/> for details. - </para> - </note> - - <para>Parameters required to use RADIUS Authentication:</para> - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry id="param-user_verify_class_for_radius"> - <term>user_verify_class</term> - <listitem> - <para>If you want to list <quote>RADIUS</quote> here, - make sure to have set up the other parameters listed below. - Unless you have other (working) authentication methods listed as - well, you may otherwise not be able to log back in to Bugzilla once - you log out. - If this happens to you, you will need to manually edit - <filename>data/params</filename> and set user_verify_class to - <quote>DB</quote>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="param-RADIUS_server"> - <term>RADIUS_server</term> - <listitem> - <para>This parameter should be set to the name (and optionally the - port) of your RADIUS server. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="param-RADIUS_secret"> - <term>RADIUS_secret</term> - <listitem> - <para>This parameter should be set to the RADIUS server's secret. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="param-RADIUS_email_suffix"> - <term>RADIUS_email_suffix</term> - <listitem> - <para>Bugzilla needs an e-mail address for each user account. - Therefore, it needs to determine the e-mail address corresponding - to a RADIUS user. - Bugzilla offers only a simple way to do this: it can concatenate - a suffix to the RADIUS user name to convert it into an e-mail - address. - You can specify this suffix in the RADIUS_email_suffix parameter. - </para> - <para>If this simple solution does not work for you, you'll - probably need to modify - <filename>Bugzilla/Auth/Verify/RADIUS.pm</filename> to match your - requirements. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - </section> - - <section id="param-email"> - <title>Email</title> - <para> - This page contains all of the parameters for configuring how - Bugzilla deals with the email notifications it sends. See below - for a summary of important options. - </para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - mail_delivery_method - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - This is used to specify how email is sent, or if it is sent at - all. There are several options included for different MTAs, - along with two additional options that disable email sending. - "Test" does not send mail, but instead saves it in - <filename>data/mailer.testfile</filename> for later review. - "None" disables email sending entirely. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - mailfrom - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - This is the email address that will appear in the "From" field - of all emails sent by this Bugzilla installation. Some email - servers require mail to be from a valid email address, therefore - it is recommended to choose a valid email address here. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - sendmailnow - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - When Bugzilla is using Sendmail older than 8.12, turning this option - off will improve performance by not waiting for Sendmail to actually - send mail. If Sendmail 8.12 or later is being used, there is - nothing to gain by turning this off. If another MTA is being used, - such as Postfix, then this option *must* be turned on (even if you - are using the fake sendmail executable that Postfix provides). - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - whinedays - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Set this to the number of days you want to let bugs go - in the NEW or REOPENED state before notifying people they have - untouched new bugs. If you do not plan to use this feature, simply - do not set up the whining cron job described in the installation - instructions, or set this value to "0" (never whine). - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - globalwatcher - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - This allows you to define specific users who will - receive notification each time a new bug in entered, or when - an existing bug changes, according to the normal groupset - permissions. It may be useful for sending notifications to a - mailing-list, for instance. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </section> - - <section id="param-patchviewer"> - <title>Patch Viewer</title> - <para> - This page contains configuration parameters for the CVS server, - Bonsai server and LXR server that Bugzilla will use to enable the - features of the Patch Viewer. Bonsai is a tool that enables queries - to a CVS tree. LXR is a tool that can cross reference and index source - code. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="param-querydefaults"> - <title>Query Defaults</title> - <para> - This page controls the default behavior of Bugzilla in regards to - several aspects of querying bugs. Options include what the default - query options are, what the "My Bugs" page returns, whether users - can freely add bugs to the quip list, and how many duplicate bugs are - needed to add a bug to the "most frequently reported" list. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="param-shadowdatabase"> - <title>Shadow Database</title> - <para> - This page controls whether a shadow database is used, and all the - parameters associated with the shadow database. Versions of Bugzilla - prior to 3.2 used the MyISAM table type, which supports - only table-level write locking. With MyISAM, any time someone is making a change to - a bug, the entire table is locked until the write operation is complete. - Locking for write also blocks reads until the write is complete. - </para> - <para> - The <quote>shadowdb</quote> parameter was designed to get around - this limitation. While only a single user is allowed to write to - a table at a time, reads can continue unimpeded on a read-only - shadow copy of the database. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - As of version 3.2, Bugzilla no longer uses the MyISAM table type. - Instead, InnoDB is used, which can do transaction-based locking. - Therefore, the limitations the Shadow Database feature was designed - to workaround no longer exist. - </para> - </note> - - </section> - - <section id="admin-usermatching"> - <title>User Matching</title> - <para> - The settings on this page control how users are selected and queried - when adding a user to a bug. For example, users need to be selected - when choosing who the bug is assigned to, adding to the CC list or - selecting a QA contact. With the "usemenuforusers" parameter, it is - possible to configure Bugzilla to - display a list of users in the fields instead of an empty text field. - This should only be used in Bugzilla installations with a small number - of users. If users are selected via a text box, this page also - contains parameters for how user names can be queried and matched - when entered. - </para> - - </section> - - </section> - - <section id="useradmin"> - <title>User Administration</title> - - <section id="defaultuser"> - <title>Creating the Default User</title> - - <para>When you first run checksetup.pl after installing Bugzilla, it - will prompt you for the administrative username (email address) and - password for this "super user". If for some reason you delete - the "super user" account, re-running checksetup.pl will again prompt - you for this username and password.</para> - - <tip> - <para>If you wish to add more administrative users, add them to - the "admin" group and, optionally, edit the tweakparams, editusers, - creategroups, editcomponents, and editkeywords groups to add the - entire admin group to those groups (which is the case by default). - </para> - </tip> - </section> - - <section id="manageusers"> - <title>Managing Other Users</title> - - <section id="user-account-search"> - <title>Searching for existing users</title> - - <para> - If you have <quote>editusers</quote> privileges or if you are allowed - to grant privileges for some groups, the <quote>Users</quote> link - will appear in the Administration page. - </para> - - <para> - The first screen is a search form to search for existing user - accounts. You can run searches based either on the user ID, real - name or login name (i.e. the email address, or just the first part - of the email address if the "emailsuffix" parameter is set). - The search can be conducted - in different ways using the listbox to the right of the text entry - box. You can match by case-insensitive substring (the default), - regular expression, a <emphasis>reverse</emphasis> regular expression - match (which finds every user name which does NOT match the regular - expression), or the exact string if you know exactly who you are - looking for. The search can be restricted to users who are in a - specific group. By default, the restriction is turned off. - </para> - - <para> - The search returns a list of - users matching your criteria. User properties can be edited by clicking - the login name. The Account History of a user can be viewed by clicking - the "View" link in the Account History column. The Account History - displays changes that have been made to the user account, the time of - the change and the user who made the change. For example, the Account - History page will display details of when a user was added or removed - from a group. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="createnewusers"> - <title>Creating new users</title> - - <section id="self-registration"> - <title>Self-registration</title> - - <para> - By default, users can create their own user accounts by clicking the - <quote>New Account</quote> link at the bottom of each page (assuming - they aren't logged in as someone else already). If you want to disable - this self-registration, or if you want to restrict who can create his - own user account, you have to edit the <quote>createemailregexp</quote> - parameter in the <quote>Configuration</quote> page, see - <xref linkend="parameters" />. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="user-account-creation"> - <title>Accounts created by an administrator</title> - - <para> - Users with <quote>editusers</quote> privileges, such as administrators, - can create user accounts for other users: - </para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>After logging in, click the "Users" link at the footer of - the query page, and then click "Add a new user".</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Fill out the form presented. This page is self-explanatory. - When done, click "Submit".</para> - - <note> - <para>Adding a user this way will <emphasis>not</emphasis> - send an email informing them of their username and password. - While useful for creating dummy accounts (watchers which - shuttle mail to another system, for instance, or email - addresses which are a mailing list), in general it is - preferable to log out and use the <quote>New Account</quote> - button to create users, as it will pre-populate all the - required fields and also notify the user of her account name - and password.</para> - </note> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="modifyusers"> - <title>Modifying Users</title> - - <para>Once you have found your user, you can change the following - fields:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Login Name</emphasis>: - This is generally the user's full email address. However, if you - have are using the <quote>emailsuffix</quote> parameter, this may - just be the user's login name. Note that users can now change their - login names themselves (to any valid email address). - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Real Name</emphasis>: The user's real name. Note that - Bugzilla does not require this to create an account.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Password</emphasis>: - You can change the user's password here. Users can automatically - request a new password, so you shouldn't need to do this often. - If you want to disable an account, see Disable Text below. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Bugmail Disabled</emphasis>: - Mark this checkbox to disable bugmail and whinemail completely - for this account. This checkbox replaces the data/nomail file - which existed in older versions of Bugzilla. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Disable Text</emphasis>: - If you type anything in this box, including just a space, the - user is prevented from logging in, or making any changes to - bugs via the web interface. - The HTML you type in this box is presented to the user when - they attempt to perform these actions, and should explain - why the account was disabled. - </para> - <para> - Users with disabled accounts will continue to receive - mail from Bugzilla; furthermore, they will not be able - to log in themselves to change their own preferences and - stop it. If you want an account (disabled or active) to - stop receiving mail, simply check the - <quote>Bugmail Disabled</quote> checkbox above. - </para> - <note> - <para> - Even users whose accounts have been disabled can still - submit bugs via the e-mail gateway, if one exists. - The e-mail gateway should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be - enabled for secure installations of Bugzilla. - </para> - </note> - <warning> - <para> - Don't disable all the administrator accounts! - </para> - </warning> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis><groupname></emphasis>: - If you have created some groups, e.g. "securitysensitive", then - checkboxes will appear here to allow you to add users to, or - remove them from, these groups. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>canconfirm</emphasis>: - This field is only used if you have enabled the "unconfirmed" - status. If you enable this for a user, - that user can then move bugs from "Unconfirmed" to a "Confirmed" - status (e.g.: "New" status).</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>creategroups</emphasis>: - This option will allow a user to create and destroy groups in - Bugzilla.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>editbugs</emphasis>: - Unless a user has this bit set, they can only edit those bugs - for which they are the assignee or the reporter. Even if this - option is unchecked, users can still add comments to bugs. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>editcomponents</emphasis>: - This flag allows a user to create new products and components, - as well as modify and destroy those that have no bugs associated - with them. If a product or component has bugs associated with it, - those bugs must be moved to a different product or component - before Bugzilla will allow them to be destroyed. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>editkeywords</emphasis>: - If you use Bugzilla's keyword functionality, enabling this - feature allows a user to create and destroy keywords. As always, - the keywords for existing bugs containing the keyword the user - wishes to destroy must be changed before Bugzilla will allow it - to die.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>editusers</emphasis>: - This flag allows a user to do what you're doing right now: edit - other users. This will allow those with the right to do so to - remove administrator privileges from other users or grant them to - themselves. Enable with care.</para> - </listitem> - - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>tweakparams</emphasis>: - This flag allows a user to change Bugzilla's Params - (using <filename>editparams.cgi</filename>.)</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis><productname></emphasis>: - This allows an administrator to specify the products - in which a user can see bugs. If you turn on the - <quote>makeproductgroups</quote> parameter in - the Group Security Panel in the Parameters page, - then Bugzilla creates one group per product (at the time you create - the product), and this group has exactly the same name as the - product itself. Note that for products that already exist when - the parameter is turned on, the corresponding group will not be - created. The user must still have the <quote>editbugs</quote> - privilege to edit bugs in these products.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </section> - - <section id="user-account-deletion"> - <title>Deleting Users</title> - <para> - If the <quote>allowuserdeletion</quote> parameter is turned on, see - <xref linkend="parameters" />, then you can also delete user accounts. - Note that this is most of the time not the best thing to do. If only - a warning in a yellow box is displayed, then the deletion is safe. - If a warning is also displayed in a red box, then you should NOT try - to delete the user account, else you will get referential integrity - problems in your database, which can lead to unexpected behavior, - such as bugs not appearing in bug lists anymore, or data displaying - incorrectly. You have been warned! - </para> - </section> - - <section id="impersonatingusers"> - <title>Impersonating Users</title> - - <para> - There may be times when an administrator would like to do something as - another user. The <command>sudo</command> feature may be used to do - this. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - To use the sudo feature, you must be in the - <emphasis>bz_sudoers</emphasis> group. By default, all - administrators are in this group.</para> - </note> - - <para> - If you have access to this feature, you may start a session by - going to the Edit Users page, Searching for a user and clicking on - their login. You should see a link below their login name titled - "Impersonate this user". Click on the link. This will take you - to a page where you will see a description of the feature and - instructions for using it. After reading the text, simply - enter the login of the user you would like to impersonate, provide - a short message explaining why you are doing this, and press the - button.</para> - - <para> - As long as you are using this feature, everything you do will be done - as if you were logged in as the user you are impersonating.</para> - - <warning> - <para> - The user you are impersonating will not be told about what you are - doing. If you do anything that results in mail being sent, that - mail will appear to be from the user you are impersonating. You - should be extremely careful while using this feature.</para> - </warning> - </section> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="classifications" xreflabel="Classifications"> - <title>Classifications</title> - - <para>Classifications tend to be used in order to group several related - products into one distinct entity.</para> - - <para>The classifications layer is disabled by default; it can be turned - on or off using the useclassification parameter, - in the <emphasis>Bug Fields</emphasis> section of the edit parameters screen.</para> - - <para>Access to the administration of classifications is controlled using - the <emphasis>editclassifications</emphasis> system group, which defines - a privilege for creating, destroying, and editing classifications.</para> - - <para>When activated, classifications will introduce an additional - step when filling bugs (dedicated to classification selection), and they - will also appear in the advanced search form.</para> - </section> - - <section id="products" xreflabel="Products"> - <title>Products</title> - - <para> - <glossterm linkend="gloss-product" baseform="product"> - Products</glossterm> typically represent real-world - shipping products. Products can be given - <xref linkend="classifications"/>. - For example, if a company makes computer games, - they could have a classification of "Games", and a separate - product for each game. This company might also have a - <quote>Common</quote> product for units of technology used - in multiple games, and perhaps a few special products that - represent items that are not actually shipping products - (for example, "Website", or "Administration"). - </para> - - <para> - Many of Bugzilla's settings are configurable on a per-product - basis. The number of <quote>votes</quote> available to - users is set per-product, as is the number of votes - required to move a bug automatically from the UNCONFIRMED - status to the NEW status. - </para> - - <para> - When creating or editing products the following options are - available: - </para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - Product - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - The name of the product - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - Description - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - A brief description of the product - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - URL describing milestones for this product - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - If there is reference URL, provide it here - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - Default milestone - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Select the default milestone for this product. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - Closed for bug entry - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Select this box to prevent new bugs from being - entered against this product. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - Maximum votes per person - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Maximum votes a user is allowed to give for this - product - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - Maximum votes a person can put on a single bug - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Maximum votes a user is allowed to give for this - product in a single bug - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - Confirmation threshold - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Number of votes needed to automatically remove any - bug against this product from the UNCONFIRMED state - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - Version - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Specify which version of the product bugs will be - entered against. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - Create chart datasets for this product - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Select to make chart datasets available for this product. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - <para> - When editing a product there is also a link to edit Group Access Controls, - see <xref linkend="product-group-controls"/>. - </para> - - <section id="create-product"> - <title>Creating New Products</title> - - <para> - To create a new product: - </para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Select <quote>Administration</quote> from the footer and then - choose <quote>Products</quote> from the main administration page. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Select the <quote>Add</quote> link in the bottom right. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Enter the name of the product and a description. The - Description field may contain HTML. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - When the product is created, Bugzilla will give a message - stating that a component must be created before any bugs can - be entered against the new product. Follow the link to create - a new component. See <xref linkend="components"/> for more - information. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - </section> - - <section id="edit-products"> - <title>Editing Products</title> - - <para> - To edit an existing product, click the "Products" link from the - "Administration" page. If the 'useclassification' parameter is - turned on, a table of existing classifications is displayed, - including an "Unclassified" category. The table indicates how many products - are in each classification. Click on the classification name to see its - products. If the 'useclassification' parameter is not in use, the table - lists all products directly. The product table summarizes the information - about the product defined - when the product was created. Click on the product name to edit these - properties, and to access links to other product attributes such as the - product's components, versions, milestones, and group access controls. - </para> - - </section> - - <section id="comps-vers-miles-products"> - <title>Adding or Editing Components, Versions and Target Milestones</title> - <para> - To edit existing, or add new, Components, Versions or Target Milestones - to a Product, select the "Edit Components", "Edit Versions" or "Edit - Milestones" links from the "Edit Product" page. A table of existing - Components, Versions or Milestones is displayed. Click on a item name - to edit the properties of that item. Below the table is a link to add - a new Component, Version or Milestone. - </para> - <para> - For more information on components, see <xref linkend="components"/>. - </para> - <para> - For more information on versions, see <xref linkend="versions"/>. - </para> - <para> - For more information on milestones, see <xref linkend="milestones"/>. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="product-group-controls"> - <title>Assigning Group Controls to Products</title> - - <para> - On the <quote>Edit Product</quote> page, there is a link called - <quote>Edit Group Access Controls</quote>. The settings on this page - control the relationship of the groups to the product being edited. - </para> - - <para> - Group Access Controls are an important aspect of using groups for - isolating products and restricting access to bugs filed against those - products. For more information on groups, including how to create, edit - add users to, and alter permission of, see <xref linkend="groups"/>. - </para> - - <para> - After selecting the "Edit Group Access Controls" link from the "Edit - Product" page, a table containing all user-defined groups for this - Bugzilla installation is displayed. The system groups that are created - when Bugzilla is installed are not applicable to Group Access Controls. - Below is description of what each of these fields means. - </para> - - <para> - Groups may be applicable (e.g bugs in this product can be associated - with this group) , default (e.g. bugs in this product are in this group - by default), and mandatory (e.g. bugs in this product must be associated - with this group) for each product. Groups can also control access - to bugs for a given product, or be used to make bugs for a product - totally read-only unless the group restrictions are met. The best way to - understand these relationships is by example. See - <xref linkend="group-control-examples"/> for examples of - product and group relationships. - </para> + <SECTION id="voting"> + <TITLE>Voting</TITLE> + <PARA> + The concept of "voting" is a poorly understood, yet powerful feature for the management + of open-source projects. Each user is assigned so many Votes per product, which they can + freely reassign (or assign multiple votes to a single bug). + This allows developers to gauge user need for a particular enhancement + or bugfix. By allowing bugs with a certain number of votes to automatically move from + "UNCONFIRMED" to "NEW", users of the bug system can help high-priority bugs garner + attention so they don't sit for a long time awaiting triage. + </PARA> + <PARA> + The daunting challenge of Votes is deciding where you draw the line for a "vocal majority". If you + only have a user base of 100 users, setting a low threshold for bugs to move from UNCONFIRMED + to NEW makes sense. As the Bugzilla user base expands, however, these thresholds must be + re-evaluated. You should gauge whether this feature is worth the time and close monitoring involved, + and perhaps forego implementation until you have a critical mass of users who demand it. + </PARA> + <PARA>To modify Voting settings:</PARA> + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Navigate to the "Edit Product" screen for the Product you wish to modify + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Set "Maximum Votes per person" to your calculated value. Setting this field + to "0" disables voting. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Set "Maximum Votes a person can put on a single bug" to your calculated value. It + should probably be some number lower than the "Maximum votes per person". + Setting this field to "0" disables voting, but leaves the voting options open + to the user. This is confusing. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Set "Number of votes a bug in this product needs to automatically get out of the + UNCONFIRMED state" to your calculated number. Setting this field to "0" + disables the automatic move of bugs from UNCONFIRMED to NEW. Some people + advocate leaving this at "0", but of what use are Votes if your Bugzilla + user base is unable to affect which bugs appear on Development radar? + <TIP> + <PARA> + You should probably set this number to higher than a small coalition of + Bugzilla users can influence it. Most sites use this as a "referendum" + mechanism -- if users are able to vote a bug out of UNCONFIRMED, it + is a <EMPHASIS>really</EMPHASIS> bad bug! + </PARA> + </TIP> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Once you have adjusted the values to your preference, select the "Update" button. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION id="groups"> + <TITLE>Groups and Group Security</TITLE> + <PARA> + Groups can be very useful in bugzilla, because they allow users to isolate + bugs or products that should only be seen by certain people. Groups can also + be a complicated minefield of interdependencies and weirdness if mismanaged. + + <EXAMPLE> + <TITLE>When to Use Group Security</TITLE> + <INFORMALEXAMPLE> + <PARA> + Many Bugzilla sites isolate "Security-related" bugs from all other bugs. + This way, they can have a fix ready before the security vulnerability + is announced to the world. You can create a "Security" product which, by + default, has no members, and only add members to the group (in their individual + User page, as described under User Administration) who should have + priveleged access to "Security" bugs. Alternately, you may create a Group + independently of any Product, and change the Group mask on individual bugs + to restrict access to members only of certain Groups. + </PARA> + </INFORMALEXAMPLE> + </EXAMPLE> + + Groups only work if you enable the "usebuggroups" paramater. + In addition, if the "usebuggroupsentry" parameter is "On", one can restrict access + to products by groups, so that only members of a product group are able to view + bugs within that product. + Group security in Bugzilla can be divided into two categories: + Generic and Product-Based. + </PARA> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + Groups in Bugzilla are a complicated beast that evolved out of very simple user + permission bitmasks, apparently itself derived from common concepts in UNIX access + controls. A "bitmask" is a fixed-length number whose value can describe one, and + only one, set of states. For instance, UNIX file permissions are assigned bitmask + values: "execute" has a value of 1, "write" has a value of 2, + and "read" has a value of 4. Add them together, + and a file can be read, written to, and executed if it has a bitmask of "7". (This + is a simplified example -- anybody who knows UNIX security knows there is much + more to it than this. Please bear with me for the purpose of this note.) The only + way a bitmask scheme can work is by doubling the bit count for each value. Thus + if UNIX wanted to offer another file permission, the next would have to be a value of + 8, then the next 16, the next 32, etc. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Similarly, Bugzilla offers a bitmask to define group permissions, with an internal + limit of 64. Several are already occupied + by built-in permissions. The way around this limitation is + to avoid assigning groups to products if you have many products, avoid bloating + of group lists, and religiously prune irrelevant groups. In reality, most installations + of Bugzilla support far fewer than 64 groups, so this limitation has not hit + for most sites, but it is on the table to be revised for Bugzilla 3.0 + because it interferes with the security schemes of some administrators. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + <PARA> + To enable Generic Group Security ("usebuggroups"): + </PARA> + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Turn "On" "usebuggroups" in the "Edit Parameters" screen. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + You will generally have no groups set up. Select the "groups" link + in the footer. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Take a moment to understand the instructions on the "Edit Groups" screen. + Once you feel confident you understand what is expected of you, select the + "Add Group" link. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Fill out the "New Name" (remember, no spaces!), "New Description", and "New + User RegExp" fields. "New User RegExp" allows you to automatically place + all users who fulfill the Regular Expression into the new group. + + <EXAMPLE> + <TITLE>Creating a New Group</TITLE> + <INFORMALEXAMPLE> + <PARA> + I created a group called "DefaultGroup" with a description of "This is simply + a group to play with", and a "New User RegExp" of "*@velio.com". This + new group automatically includes all Bugzilla users with "@velio.com" at the + end of their user id. When I finished, my new group was assigned bit #128. + </PARA> + </INFORMALEXAMPLE> + </EXAMPLE> + + When you have finished, select the "Add" button. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + + <PARA> + To enable Product-Based Group Security ("usebuggroupsentry"): + </PARA> + <WARNING> + <PARA> + Don't forget that you only have 64 groups masks available, total, for + your installation of Bugzilla! If you plan on having more than 50 + products in your individual Bugzilla installation, and require group + security for your products, you should + consider either running multiple Bugzillas or using Generic Group Security + instead of Product-Based ("usebuggroupsentry") Group Security. + </PARA> + </WARNING> + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Turn "On" "usebuggroups" and "usebuggroupsentry" in the "Edit Parameters" screen. + </PARA> + <WARNING> + <PARA> + "usebuggroupsentry" has the capacity to prevent the administrative user + from directly altering bugs because of conflicting group permissions. + If you plan on using "usebuggroupsentry", you should plan on restricting administrative + account usage to administrative duties only. + In other words, manage bugs with an unpriveleged user account, and + manage users, groups, Products, etc. with the administrative account. + </PARA> + </WARNING> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + You will generally have no Groups set up, unless you enabled "usebuggroupsentry" + prior to creating any Products. To create "Generic Group Security" groups, + follow the instructions given above. To create Product-Based Group security, + simply follow the instructions for creating a new Product. If you need to + add users to these new groups as you create them, you will find the option + to add them to the group available under the "Edit User" screens. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + </SECTION> + </SECTION> - <note> - <para> - Products and Groups are not limited to a one-to-one relationship. - Multiple groups can be associated with the same product, and groups - can be associated with more than one product. - </para> - </note> - - <para> - If any group has <emphasis>Entry</emphasis> selected, then the - product will restrict bug entry to only those users - who are members of <emphasis>all</emphasis> the groups with - <emphasis>Entry</emphasis> selected. - </para> - - <para> - If any group has <emphasis>Canedit</emphasis> selected, - then the product will be read-only for any users - who are not members of <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the groups with - <emphasis>Canedit</emphasis> selected. <emphasis>Only</emphasis> users who - are members of all the <emphasis>Canedit</emphasis> groups - will be able to edit bugs for this product. This is an additional - restriction that enables finer-grained control over products rather - than just all-or-nothing access levels. - </para> - - <para> - The following settings let you - choose privileges on a <emphasis>per-product basis</emphasis>. - This is a convenient way to give privileges to - some users for some products only, without having - to give them global privileges which would affect - all products. - </para> - - <para> - Any group having <emphasis>editcomponents</emphasis> - selected allows users who are in this group to edit all - aspects of this product, including components, milestones - and versions. - </para> - - <para> - Any group having <emphasis>canconfirm</emphasis> selected - allows users who are in this group to confirm bugs - in this product. - </para> - - <para> - Any group having <emphasis>editbugs</emphasis> selected allows - users who are in this group to edit all fields of - bugs in this product. - </para> - - <para> - The <emphasis>MemberControl</emphasis> and - <emphasis>OtherControl</emphasis> are used in tandem to determine which - bugs will be placed in this group. The only allowable combinations of - these two parameters are listed in a table on the "Edit Group Access Controls" - page. Consult this table for details on how these fields can be used. - Examples of different uses are described below. - </para> - - <section id="group-control-examples"> - <title>Common Applications of Group Controls</title> - - <para> - The use of groups is best explained by providing examples that illustrate - configurations for common use cases. The examples follow a common syntax: - <emphasis>Group: Entry, MemberControl, OtherControl, CanEdit, - EditComponents, CanConfirm, EditBugs</emphasis>. Where "Group" is the name - of the group being edited for this product. The other fields all - correspond to the table on the "Edit Group Access Controls" page. If any - of these options are not listed, it means they are not checked. - </para> - - <para> - Basic Product/Group Restriction - </para> - - <para> - Suppose there is a product called "Bar". The - "Bar" product can only have bugs entered against it by users in the - group "Foo". Additionally, bugs filed against product "Bar" must stay - restricted to users to "Foo" at all times. Furthermore, only members - of group "Foo" can edit bugs filed against product "Bar", even if other - users could see the bug. This arrangement would achieved by the - following: - </para> - - <programlisting> -Product Bar: -foo: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY, CANEDIT - </programlisting> - - <para> - Perhaps such strict restrictions are not needed for product "Bar". A - more lenient way to configure product "Bar" and group "Foo" would be: - </para> - - <programlisting> -Product Bar: -foo: ENTRY, SHOWN/SHOWN, EDITCOMPONENTS, CANCONFIRM, EDITBUGS - </programlisting> - - <para> - The above indicates that for product "Bar", members of group "Foo" can - enter bugs. Any one with permission to edit a bug against product "Bar" - can put the bug - in group "Foo", even if they themselves are not in "Foo". Anyone in group - "Foo" can edit all aspects of the components of product "Bar", can confirm - bugs against product "Bar", and can edit all fields of any bug against - product "Bar". - </para> - - <para> - General User Access With Security Group - </para> - - <para> - To permit any user to file bugs against "Product A", - and to permit any user to submit those bugs into a - group called "Security": - </para> - - <programlisting> -Product A: -security: SHOWN/SHOWN - </programlisting> - - <para> - General User Access With A Security Product - </para> - - <para> - To permit any user to file bugs against product called "Security" - while keeping those bugs from becoming visible to anyone - outside the group "SecurityWorkers" (unless a member of the - "SecurityWorkers" group removes that restriction): - </para> - - <programlisting> -Product Security: -securityworkers: DEFAULT/MANDATORY - </programlisting> - - <para> - Product Isolation With a Common Group - </para> - - <para> - To permit users of "Product A" to access the bugs for - "Product A", users of "Product B" to access the bugs for - "Product B", and support staff, who are members of the "Support - Group" to access both, three groups are needed: - </para> - - <orderedlist> - - <listitem> - <para>Support Group: Contains members of the support staff.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>AccessA Group: Contains users of product A and the Support group.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>AccessB Group: Contains users of product B and the Support group.</para> - </listitem> - - </orderedlist> - - <para> - Once these three groups are defined, the product group controls - can be set to: - </para> - - <programlisting> -Product A: -AccessA: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY -Product B: -AccessB: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY - </programlisting> - - <para> - Perhaps the "Support Group" wants more control. For example, - the "Support Group" could be permitted to make bugs inaccessible to - users of both groups "AccessA" and "AccessB". - Then, the "Support Group" could be permitted to publish - bugs relevant to all users in a third product (let's call it - "Product Common") that is read-only - to anyone outside the "Support Group". In this way the "Support Group" - could control bugs that should be seen by both groups. - That configuration would be: - </para> - - <programlisting> -Product A: -AccessA: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY -Support: SHOWN/NA -Product B: -AccessB: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY -Support: SHOWN/NA -Product Common: -Support: ENTRY, DEFAULT/MANDATORY, CANEDIT - </programlisting> - - <para> - Make a Product Read Only - </para> - - <para> - Sometimes a product is retired and should no longer have - new bugs filed against it (for example, an older version of a software - product that is no longer supported). A product can be made read-only - by creating a group called "readonly" and adding products to the - group as needed: - </para> - - <programlisting> -Product A: -ReadOnly: ENTRY, NA/NA, CANEDIT - </programlisting> - - <note> - <para> - For more information on Groups outside of how they relate to products - see <xref linkend="groups"/>. - </para> - </note> - - </section> - - </section> - - </section> - - <section id="components" xreflabel="Components"> - <title>Components</title> - - <para>Components are subsections of a Product. E.g. the computer game - you are designing may have a "UI" - component, an "API" component, a "Sound System" component, and a - "Plugins" component, each overseen by a different programmer. It - often makes sense to divide Components in Bugzilla according to the - natural divisions of responsibility within your Product or - company.</para> - - <para> - Each component has a default assignee and (if you turned it on in the parameters), - a QA Contact. The default assignee should be the primary person who fixes bugs in - that component. The QA Contact should be the person who will ensure - these bugs are completely fixed. The Assignee, QA Contact, and Reporter - will get email when new bugs are created in this Component and when - these bugs change. Default Assignee and Default QA Contact fields only - dictate the - <emphasis>default assignments</emphasis>; - these can be changed on bug submission, or at any later point in - a bug's life.</para> - - <para>To create a new Component:</para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Select the <quote>Edit components</quote> link - from the <quote>Edit product</quote> page</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Select the <quote>Add</quote> link in the bottom right.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Fill out the <quote>Component</quote> field, a - short <quote>Description</quote>, the - <quote>Default Assignee</quote>, <quote>Default CC List</quote> - and <quote>Default QA Contact</quote> (if enabled). - The <quote>Component Description</quote> field may contain a - limited subset of HTML tags. The <quote>Default Assignee</quote> - field must be a login name already existing in the Bugzilla database. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </section> - - <section id="versions"> - <title>Versions</title> - - <para>Versions are the revisions of the product, such as "Flinders - 3.1", "Flinders 95", and "Flinders 2000". Version is not a multi-select - field; the usual practice is to select the earliest version known to have - the bug. - </para> - - <para>To create and edit Versions:</para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>From the "Edit product" screen, select "Edit Versions"</para> - </listitem> + <SECTION id="security"> + <TITLE>Bugzilla Security</TITLE> + <EPIGRAPH> + <PARA> + Putting your money in a wall safe is better protection than depending on the fact that + no one knows that you hide your money in a mayonnaise jar in your fridge. + </PARA> + </EPIGRAPH> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + Poorly-configured MySQL, Bugzilla, and FTP installations have given attackers full + access to systems in the past. Please take these guidelines seriously, even + for Bugzilla machines hidden away behind your firewall. 80% of all computer + trespassers are insiders, not anonymous crackers. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + <PARA> + First thing's first: Secure your installation. + <NOTE> + <PARA> + These instructions must, of necessity, be somewhat vague since Bugzilla runs on so many different + platforms. If you have refinements of these directions for specific platforms, please + submit them to <ULINK URL="mailto://mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org">mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org</ULINK> + </PARA> + </NOTE> + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Ensure you are running at least MysQL version 3.22.32 or newer. Earlier versions had + notable security holes and poorly secured default configuration choices. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA><EMPHASIS>There is no substitute for understanding the tools on your system!</EMPHASIS> + Read <ULINK URL="http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Privilege_system.html"> + The MySQL Privelege System</ULINK> until you can recite it from memory!</PARA> + <PARA> + At the very least, ensure you password the "mysql -u root" account and the "bugs" account, establish grant + table rights (consult the Keystone guide in Appendix C: The Bugzilla Database for some easy-to-use details) + that do not allow CREATE, DROP, RELOAD, SHUTDOWN, and PROCESS for user "bugs". I wrote up the Keystone + advice back when I knew far less about security than I do now : ) + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Lock down /etc/inetd.conf. Heck, disable inet entirely on this box. It should only listen to + port 25 for Sendmail + and port 80 for Apache. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA>Do not run Apache as "nobody". This will require very lax permissions in your Bugzilla directories. + Run it, instead, as a user with a name, set via your httpd.conf file.</PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Ensure you have adequate access controls for $BUGZILLA_HOME/data/, $BUGZILLA_HOME/localconfig, + and $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow directories. + The localconfig file stores your "bugs" user password, + which would be terrible to have in the hands + of a criminal. Also some files under $BUGZILLA_HOME/data store sensitive information. + </PARA> + <PARA> + On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access to these directories, as outlined + in <ULINK URL="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161">Bug 57161</ULINK> for the + localconfig file, and <ULINK URL="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65572"> + Bug 65572</ULINK> for adequate protection in your data/ and shadow/ directories. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Note the instructions which follow are Apache-specific. If you use IIS, Netscape, or other + non-Apache web servers, please consult your system documentation for how to secure these + files from being transmitted to curious users. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", readable by your web server, + in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/data directory. + <LITERALLAYOUT> + <Files comments> + allow from all + </Files> + deny from all + </LITERALLAYOUT> + </PARA> + <PARA> + Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", readable by your web server, + in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/ directory. + <LITERALLAYOUT> + <Files localconfig> + deny from all + </Files> + allow from all + </LITERALLAYOUT> + </PARA> + <PARA> + Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", readable by your web server, + in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow directory. + <LITERALLAYOUT> + deny from all + </LITERALLAYOUT> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + </PARA> + </SECTION> +</CHAPTER> - <listitem> - <para>You will notice that the product already has the default - version "undefined". Click the "Add" link in the bottom right.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Enter the name of the Version. This field takes text only. - Then click the "Add" button.</para> - </listitem> - - </orderedlist> - </section> - - <section id="milestones"> - <title>Milestones</title> - - <para>Milestones are "targets" that you plan to get a bug fixed by. For - example, you have a bug that you plan to fix for your 3.0 release, it - would be assigned the milestone of 3.0.</para> - - <note> - <para>Milestone options will only appear for a Product if you turned - on the "usetargetmilestone" Param in the "Edit Parameters" screen. - </para> - </note> - - <para>To create new Milestones, set Default Milestones, and set - Milestone URL:</para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Select "Edit milestones" from the "Edit product" page.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Select "Add" in the bottom right corner. - text</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Enter the name of the Milestone in the "Milestone" field. You - can optionally set the "sortkey", which is a positive or negative - number (-32768 to 32767) that defines where in the list this particular - milestone appears. This is because milestones often do not - occur in alphanumeric order For example, "Future" might be - after "Release 1.2". Select "Add".</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>From the Edit product screen, you can enter the URL of a - page which gives information about your milestones and what - they mean. </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </section> - - <section id="flags-overview"> - <title>Flags</title> - - <para> - Flags are a way to attach a specific status to a bug or attachment, - either <quote>+</quote> or <quote>-</quote>. The meaning of these symbols depends on the text - the flag itself, but contextually they could mean pass/fail, - accept/reject, approved/denied, or even a simple yes/no. If your site - allows requestable flags, then users may set a flag to <quote>?</quote> as a - request to another user that they look at the bug/attachment, and set - the flag to its correct status. - </para> - - <section id="flags-simpleexample"> - <title>A Simple Example</title> - - <para> - A developer might want to ask their manager, - <quote>Should we fix this bug before we release version 2.0?</quote> - They might want to do this for a <emphasis>lot</emphasis> of bugs, - so it would be nice to streamline the process... - </para> - <para> - In Bugzilla, it would work this way: - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - The Bugzilla administrator creates a flag type called - <quote>blocking2.0</quote> that shows up on all bugs in - your product. - </para> - - <para> - It shows up on the <quote>Show Bug</quote> screen - as the text <quote>blocking2.0</quote> with a drop-down box next - to it. The drop-down box contains four values: an empty space, - <quote>?</quote>, <quote>-</quote>, and <quote>+</quote>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>The developer sets the flag to <quote>?</quote>.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The manager sees the <computeroutput>blocking2.0</computeroutput> - flag with a <quote>?</quote> value. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - If the manager thinks the feature should go into the product - before version 2.0 can be released, he sets the flag to - <quote>+</quote>. Otherwise, he sets it to <quote>-</quote>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Now, every Bugzilla user who looks at the bug knows whether or - not the bug needs to be fixed before release of version 2.0. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </para> - - </section> - - <section id="flags-about"> - <title>About Flags</title> - - <section id="flag-values"> - <title>Values</title> - <para> - Flags can have three values: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><computeroutput>?</computeroutput></term> - <listitem><simpara> - A user is requesting that a status be set. (Think of it as 'A question is being asked'.) - </simpara></listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><computeroutput>-</computeroutput></term> - <listitem><simpara> - The status has been set negatively. (The question has been answered <quote>no</quote>.) - </simpara></listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><computeroutput>+</computeroutput></term> - <listitem><simpara> - The status has been set positively. - (The question has been answered <quote>yes</quote>.) - </simpara></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - <para> - Actually, there's a fourth value a flag can have -- - <quote>unset</quote> -- which shows up as a blank space. This - just means that nobody has expressed an opinion (or asked - someone else to express an opinion) about this bug or attachment. - </para> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="flag-askto"> - <title>Using flag requests</title> - <para> - If a flag has been defined as 'requestable', and a user has enough privileges - to request it (see below), the user can set the flag's status to <quote>?</quote>. - This status indicates that someone (a.k.a. <quote>the requester</quote>) is asking - someone else to set the flag to either <quote>+</quote> or <quote>-</quote>. - </para> - <para> - If a flag has been defined as 'specifically requestable', - a text box will appear next to the flag into which the requester may - enter a Bugzilla username. That named person (a.k.a. <quote>the requestee</quote>) - will receive an email notifying them of the request, and pointing them - to the bug/attachment in question. - </para> - <para> - If a flag has <emphasis>not</emphasis> been defined as 'specifically requestable', - then no such text-box will appear. A request to set this flag cannot be made of - any specific individual, but must be asked <quote>to the wind</quote>. - A requester may <quote>ask the wind</quote> on any flag simply by leaving the text-box blank. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flag-types"> - <title>Two Types of Flags</title> - - <para> - Flags can go in two places: on an attachment, or on a bug. - </para> - - <section id="flag-type-attachment"> - <title>Attachment Flags</title> - - <para> - Attachment flags are used to ask a question about a specific - attachment on a bug. - </para> - <para> - Many Bugzilla installations use this to - request that one developer <quote>review</quote> another - developer's code before they check it in. They attach the code to - a bug report, and then set a flag on that attachment called - <quote>review</quote> to - <computeroutput>review?boss@domain.com</computeroutput>. - boss@domain.com is then notified by email that - he has to check out that attachment and approve it or deny it. - </para> - - <para> - For a Bugzilla user, attachment flags show up in three places: - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - On the list of attachments in the <quote>Show Bug</quote> - screen, you can see the current state of any flags that - have been set to ?, +, or -. You can see who asked about - the flag (the requester), and who is being asked (the - requestee). - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - When you <quote>Edit</quote> an attachment, you can - see any settable flag, along with any flags that have - already been set. This <quote>Edit Attachment</quote> - screen is where you set flags to ?, -, +, or unset them. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Requests are listed in the <quote>Request Queue</quote>, which - is accessible from the <quote>My Requests</quote> link (if you are - logged in) or <quote>Requests</quote> link (if you are logged out) - visible in the footer of all pages. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </para> - - </section> - - <section id="flag-type-bug"> - <title>Bug Flags</title> - - <para> - Bug flags are used to set a status on the bug itself. You can - see Bug Flags in the <quote>Show Bug</quote> and <quote>Requests</quote> - screens, as described above. - </para> - <para> - Only users with enough privileges (see below) may set flags on bugs. - This doesn't necessarily include the assignee, reporter, or users with the - <computeroutput>editbugs</computeroutput> permission. - </para> - </section> - - </section> - - <section id="flags-admin"> - <title>Administering Flags</title> - - <para> - If you have the <quote>editcomponents</quote> permission, you can - edit Flag Types from the main administration page. Clicking the - <quote>Flags</quote> link will bring you to the <quote>Administer - Flag Types</quote> page. Here, you can select whether you want - to create (or edit) a Bug flag, or an Attachment flag. - </para> - <para> - No matter which you choose, the interface is the same, so we'll - just go over it once. - </para> - - <section id="flags-edit"> - <title>Editing a Flag</title> - <para> - To edit a flag's properties, just click on the <quote>Edit</quote> - link next to the flag's description. That will take you to the same - form as described below (<xref linkend="flags-create"/>). - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create"> - <title>Creating a Flag</title> - - <para> - When you click on the <quote>Create a Flag Type for...</quote> - link, you will be presented with a form. Here is what the fields in - the form mean: - </para> - - <section id="flags-create-field-name"> - <title>Name</title> - <para> - This is the name of the flag. This will be displayed - to Bugzilla users who are looking at or setting the flag. - The name may contain any valid Unicode characters except commas - and spaces. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create-field-description"> - <title>Description</title> - <para> - The description describes the flag in more detail. It is visible - in a tooltip when hovering over a flag either in the <quote>Show Bug</quote> - or <quote>Edit Attachment</quote> pages. This field can be as - long as you like, and can contain any character you want. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create-field-category"> - <title>Category</title> - - <para> - Default behaviour for a newly-created flag is to appear on - products and all components, which is why <quote>__Any__:__Any__</quote> - is already entered in the <quote>Inclusions</quote> box. - If this is not your desired behaviour, you must either set some - exclusions (for products on which you don't want the flag to appear), - or you must remove <quote>__Any__:__Any__</quote> from the Inclusions box - and define products/components specifically for this flag. - </para> - - <para> - To create an Inclusion, select a Product from the top drop-down box. - You may also select a specific component from the bottom drop-down box. - (Setting <quote>__Any__</quote> for Product translates to, - <quote>all the products in this Bugzilla</quote>. - Selecting <quote>__Any__</quote> in the Component field means - <quote>all components in the selected product.</quote>) - Selections made, press <quote>Include</quote>, and your - Product/Component pairing will show up in the <quote>Inclusions</quote> box on the right. - </para> - - <para> - To create an Exclusion, the process is the same; select a Product from the - top drop-down box, select a specific component if you want one, and press - <quote>Exclude</quote>. The Product/Component pairing will show up in the - <quote>Exclusions</quote> box on the right. - </para> - - <para> - This flag <emphasis>will</emphasis> and <emphasis>can</emphasis> be set for any - products/components that appearing in the <quote>Inclusions</quote> box - (or which fall under the appropriate <quote>__Any__</quote>). - This flag <emphasis>will not</emphasis> appear (and therefore cannot be set) on - any products appearing in the <quote>Exclusions</quote> box. - <emphasis> IMPORTANT: Exclusions override inclusions.</emphasis> - </para> - - <para> - You may select a Product without selecting a specific Component, - but you can't select a Component without a Product, or to select a - Component that does not belong to the named Product. If you do so, - Bugzilla will display an error message, even if all your products - have a component by that name. - </para> - - <para><emphasis>Example:</emphasis> Let's say you have a product called - <quote>Jet Plane</quote> that has thousands of components. You want - to be able to ask if a problem should be fixed in the next model of - plane you release. We'll call the flag <quote>fixInNext</quote>. - But, there's one component in <quote>Jet Plane,</quote> - called <quote>Pilot.</quote> It doesn't make sense to release a - new pilot, so you don't want to have the flag show up in that component. - So, you include <quote>Jet Plane:__Any__</quote> and you exclude - <quote>Jet Plane:Pilot</quote>. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create-field-sortkey"> - <title>Sort Key</title> - <para> - Flags normally show up in alphabetical order. If you want them to - show up in a different order, you can use this key set the order on each flag. - Flags with a lower sort key will appear before flags with a higher - sort key. Flags that have the same sort key will be sorted alphabetically, - but they will still be after flags with a lower sort key, and before flags - with a higher sort key. - </para> - <para> - <emphasis>Example:</emphasis> I have AFlag (Sort Key 100), BFlag (Sort Key 10), - CFlag (Sort Key 10), and DFlag (Sort Key 1). These show up in - the order: DFlag, BFlag, CFlag, AFlag. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create-field-active"> - <title>Active</title> - <para> - Sometimes, you might want to keep old flag information in the - Bugzilla database, but stop users from setting any new flags of this type. - To do this, uncheck <quote>active</quote>. Deactivated - flags will still show up in the UI if they are ?, +, or -, but they - may only be cleared (unset), and cannot be changed to a new value. - Once a deactivated flag is cleared, it will completely disappear from a - bug/attachment, and cannot be set again. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create-field-requestable"> - <title>Requestable</title> - <para> - New flags are, by default, <quote>requestable</quote>, meaning that they - offer users the <quote>?</quote> option, as well as <quote>+</quote> - and <quote>-</quote>. - To remove the ? option, uncheck <quote>requestable</quote>. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create-field-specific"> - <title>Specifically Requestable</title> - <para> - By default this box is checked for new flags, meaning that users may make - flag requests of specific individuals. Unchecking this box will remove the - text box next to a flag; if it is still requestable, then requests may - only be made <quote>to the wind.</quote> Removing this after specific - requests have been made will not remove those requests; that data will - stay in the database (though it will no longer appear to the user). - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create-field-multiplicable"> - <title>Multiplicable</title> - <para> - Any flag with <quote>Multiplicable</quote> set (default for new flags is 'on') - may be set more than once. After being set once, an unset flag - of the same type will appear below it with <quote>addl.</quote> (short for - <quote>additional</quote>) before the name. There is no limit to the number of - times a Multiplicable flags may be set on the same bug/attachment. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create-field-cclist"> - <title>CC List</title> - - <para> - If you want certain users to be notified every time this flag is - set to ?, -, +, or unset, add them here. This is a comma-separated - list of email addresses that need not be restricted to Bugzilla usernames. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create-grant-group"> - <title>Grant Group</title> - <para> - When this field is set to some given group, only users in the group - can set the flag to <quote>+</quote> and <quote>-</quote>. This - field does not affect who can request or cancel the flag. For that, - see the <quote>Request Group</quote> field below. If this field - is left blank, all users can set or delete this flag. This field is - useful for restricting which users can approve or reject requests. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="flags-create-request-group"> - <title>Request Group</title> - <para> - When this field is set to some given group, only users in the group - can request or cancel this flag. Note that this field has no effect - if the <quote>grant group</quote> field is empty. You can set the - value of this field to a different group, but both fields have to be - set to a group for this field to have an effect. - </para> - </section> - </section> <!-- flags-create --> - - <section id="flags-delete"> - <title>Deleting a Flag</title> - - <para> - When you are at the <quote>Administer Flag Types</quote> screen, - you will be presented with a list of Bug flags and a list of Attachment - Flags. - </para> - <para> - To delete a flag, click on the <quote>Delete</quote> link next to - the flag description. - </para> - <warning> - <para> - Once you delete a flag, it is <emphasis>gone</emphasis> from - your Bugzilla. All the data for that flag will be deleted. - Everywhere that flag was set, it will disappear, - and you cannot get that data back. If you want to keep flag data, - but don't want anybody to set any new flags or change current flags, - unset <quote>active</quote> in the flag Edit form. - </para> - </warning> - </section> - - </section> <!-- flags-admin --> - - <!-- XXX We should add a "Uses of Flags" section, here, with examples. --> - - </section> <!-- flags --> - - <section id="keywords"> - <title>Keywords</title> - - <para> - The administrator can define keywords which can be used to tag and - categorise bugs. For example, the keyword "regression" is commonly used. - A company might have a policy stating all regressions - must be fixed by the next release - this keyword can make tracking those - bugs much easier. - </para> - <para> - Keywords are global, rather than per-product. If the administrator changes - a keyword currently applied to any bugs, the keyword cache must be rebuilt - using the <xref linkend="sanitycheck"/> script. Currently keywords can not - be marked obsolete to prevent future usage. - </para> - <para> - Keywords can be created, edited or deleted by clicking the "Keywords" - link in the admin page. There are two fields for each keyword - the keyword - itself and a brief description. Once created, keywords can be selected - and applied to individual bugs in that bug's "Details" section. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="custom-fields"> - <title>Custom Fields</title> - - <para> - The release of Bugzilla 3.0 added the ability to create Custom Fields. - Custom Fields are treated like any other field - they can be set in bugs - and used for search queries. Administrators should keep in mind that - adding too many fields can make the user interface more complicated and - harder to use. Custom Fields should be added only when necessary and with - careful consideration. - </para> - <tip> - <para> - Before adding a Custom Field, make sure that Bugzilla can not already - do the desired behavior. Many Bugzilla options are not enabled by - default, and many times Administrators find that simply enabling - certain options that already exist is sufficient. - </para> - </tip> - <para> - Administrators can manage Custom Fields using the - <quote>Custom Fields</quote> link on the Administration page. The Custom - Fields administration page displays a list of Custom Fields, if any exist, - and a link to "Add a new custom field". - </para> - - <section id="add-custom-fields"> - <title>Adding Custom Fields</title> - - <para> - To add a new Custom Field, click the "Add a new custom field" link. This - page displays several options for the new field, described below. - </para> - - <para> - The following attributes must be set for each new custom field: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Name:</emphasis> - The name of the field in the database, used internally. This name - MUST begin with <quote>cf_</quote> to prevent confusion with - standard fields. If this string is omitted, it will - be automatically added to the name entered. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Description:</emphasis> - A brief string which is used as the label for this Custom Field. - That is the string that users will see, and should be - short and explicit. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Type:</emphasis> - The type of field to create. There are - several types available: - <simplelist> - <member> - Large Text Box: A multiple line box for entering free text. - </member> - <member> - Free Text: A single line box for entering free text. - </member> - <member> - Multiple-Selection Box: A list box where multiple options - can be selected. After creating this field, it must be edited - to add the selection options. See - <xref linkend="edit-values-list" /> for information about - editing legal values. - </member> - <member> - Drop Down: A list box where only one option can be selected. - After creating this field, it must be edited to add the - selection options. See - <xref linkend="edit-values-list" /> for information about - editing legal values. - </member> - <member> - Date/Time: A date field. This field appears with a - calendar widget for choosing the date. - </member> - </simplelist> - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Sortkey:</emphasis> - Integer that determines in which order Custom Fields are - displayed in the User Interface, especially when viewing a bug. - Fields with lower values are displayed first. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Can be set on bug creation:</emphasis> - Boolean that determines whether this field can be set on - bug creation. If not selected, then a bug must be created - before this field can be set. See <xref linkend="bugreports" /> - for information about filing bugs. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Displayed in bugmail for new bugs:</emphasis> - Boolean that determines whether the value set on this field - should appear in bugmail when the bug is filed. This attribute - has no effect if the field cannot be set on bug creation. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Is obsolete:</emphasis> - Boolean that determines whether this field should - be displayed at all. Obsolete Custom Fields are hidden. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </section> - - <section id="edit-custom-fields"> - <title>Editing Custom Fields</title> - - <para> - As soon as a Custom Field is created, its name and type cannot be - changed. If this field is a drop down menu, its legal values can - be set as described in <xref linkend="edit-values-list" />. All - other attributes can be edited as described above. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="delete-custom-fields"> - <title>Deleting Custom Fields</title> - - <para> - It is only possible to delete obsolete Custom Fields - if the field has never been used in the database. - To remove a field which already has content, - mark it as obsolete. - </para> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="edit-values"> - <title>Legal Values</title> - - <para> - Since Bugzilla 2.20 RC1, legal values for Operating Systems, platforms, - bug priorities and severities can be edited from the User Interface - directly. This means that it is no longer required to manually edit - <filename>localconfig</filename>. Starting with Bugzilla 2.23.3, - the list of valid resolutions can be customized from the same interface. - Since Bugzilla 3.1.1 the list of valid bug statuses can be customized - as well. - </para> - - <section id="edit-values-list"> - <title>Viewing/Editing legal values</title> - <para> - Editing legal values requires <quote>admin</quote> privileges. - Select "Legal Values" from the Administration page. A list of all - fields, both system fields and Custom Fields, for which legal values - can be edited appears. Click a field name to edit its legal values. - </para> - <para> - There is no limit to how many values a field can have, but each value - must be unique to that field. The sortkey is important to display these - values in the desired order. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="edit-values-delete"> - <title>Deleting legal values</title> - <para> - Legal values from Custom Fields can be deleted, but only if the - following two conditions are respected: - </para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>The value is not used by default for the field.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>No bug is currently using this value.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - <para> - If any of these conditions is not respected, the value cannot be deleted. - The only way to delete these values is to reassign bugs to another value - and to set another value as default for the field. - </para> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="bug_status_workflow"> - <title>Bug Status Workflow</title> - - <para> - The bug status workflow is no longer hardcoded but can be freely customized - from the web interface. Only one bug status cannot be renamed nor deleted, - UNCONFIRMED, but the workflow involving it is free. The configuration - page displays all existing bug statuses twice, first on the left for bug - statuses we come from and on the top for bug statuses we move to. - If the checkbox is checked, then the transition between the two bug statuses - is legal, else it's forbidden independently of your privileges. The bug status - used for the "duplicate_or_move_bug_status" parameter must be part of the - workflow as that is the bug status which will be used when duplicating or - moving a bug, so it must be available from each bug status. - </para> - <para> - When the workflow is set, the "View Current Triggers" link below the table - lets you set which transitions require a comment from the user. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="voting"> - <title>Voting</title> - - <para>Voting allows users to be given a pot of votes which they can allocate - to bugs, to indicate that they'd like them fixed. - This allows developers to gauge - user need for a particular enhancement or bugfix. By allowing bugs with - a certain number of votes to automatically move from "UNCONFIRMED" to - "NEW", users of the bug system can help high-priority bugs garner - attention so they don't sit for a long time awaiting triage.</para> - - <para>To modify Voting settings:</para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Navigate to the "Edit product" screen for the Product you - wish to modify</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Maximum Votes per person</emphasis>: - Setting this field to "0" disables voting.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Maximum Votes a person can put on a single - bug</emphasis>: - It should probably be some number lower than the - "Maximum votes per person". Don't set this field to "0" if - "Maximum votes per person" is non-zero; that doesn't make - any sense.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><emphasis>Number of votes a bug in this product needs to - automatically get out of the UNCONFIRMED state</emphasis>: - Setting this field to "0" disables the automatic move of - bugs from UNCONFIRMED to NEW. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Once you have adjusted the values to your preference, click - "Update".</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </section> - - <section id="quips"> - <title>Quips</title> - - <para> - Quips are small text messages that can be configured to appear - next to search results. A Bugzilla installation can have its own specific - quips. Whenever a quip needs to be displayed, a random selection - is made from the pool of already existing quips. - </para> - - <para> - Quips are controlled by the <emphasis>enablequips</emphasis> parameter. - It has several possible values: on, approved, frozen or off. - In order to enable quips approval you need to set this parameter - to "approved". In this way, users are free to submit quips for - addition but an administrator must explicitly approve them before - they are actually used. - </para> - - <para> - In order to see the user interface for the quips, it is enough to click - on a quip when it is displayed together with the search results. Or - it can be seen directly in the browser by visiting the quips.cgi URL - (prefixed with the usual web location of the Bugzilla installation). - Once the quip interface is displayed, it is enough to click the - "view and edit the whole quip list" in order to see the administration - page. A page with all the quips available in the database will - be displayed. - </para> - - <para> - Next to each tip there is a checkbox, under the - "Approved" column. Quips who have this checkbox checked are - already approved and will appear next to the search results. - The ones that have it unchecked are still preserved in the - database but they will not appear on search results pages. - User submitted quips have initially the checkbox unchecked. - </para> - - <para> - Also, there is a delete link next to each quip, - which can be used in order to permanently delete a quip. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="groups"> - <title>Groups and Group Security</title> - - <para> - Groups allow for separating bugs into logical divisions. - Groups are typically used to - to isolate bugs that should only be seen by certain people. For - example, a company might create a different group for each one of its customers - or partners. Group permissions could be set so that each partner or customer would - only have access to their own bugs. Or, groups might be used to create - variable access controls for different departments within an organization. - Another common use of groups is to associate groups with products, - creating isolation and access control on a per-product basis. - </para> - - <para> - Groups and group behaviors are controlled in several places: - </para> - - <orderedlist> - - <listitem> - <para> - The group configuration page. To view or edit existing groups, or to - create new groups, access the "Groups" link from the "Administration" - page. This section of the manual deals primarily with the aspect of - group controls accessed on this page. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Global configuration parameters. Bugzilla has several parameters - that control the overall default group behavior and restriction - levels. For more information on the parameters that control - group behavior globally, see <xref linkend="param-group-security"/>. - </para> - - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Product association with groups. Most of the functionality of groups - and group security is controlled at the product level. Some aspects - of group access controls for products are discussed in this section, - but for more detail see <xref linkend="product-group-controls"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Group access for users. See <xref linkend="users-and-groups"/> for - details on how users are assigned group access. - </para> - </listitem> - - </orderedlist> - - <para> - Group permissions are such that if a bug belongs to a group, only members - of that group can see the bug. If a bug is in more than one group, only - members of <emphasis>all</emphasis> the groups that the bug is in can see - the bug. For information on granting read-only access to certain people and - full edit access to others, see <xref linkend="product-group-controls"/>. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - By default, bugs can also be seen by the Assignee, the Reporter, and - by everyone on the CC List, regardless of whether or not the bug would - typically be viewable by them. Visibility to the Reporter and CC List can - be overridden (on a per-bug basis) by bringing up the bug, finding the - section that starts with <quote>Users in the roles selected below...</quote> - and un-checking the box next to either 'Reporter' or 'CC List' (or both). - </para> - </note> - - <section id="create-groups"> - <title>Creating Groups</title> - - <para> - To create a new group, follow the steps below: - </para> - - <orderedlist> - - <listitem> - <para> - Select the <quote>Administration</quote> link in the page footer, - and then select the <quote>Groups</quote> link from the - Administration page. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - A table of all the existing groups is displayed. Below the table is a - description of all the fields. To create a new group, select the - <quote>Add Group</quote> link under the table of existing groups. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - There are five fields to fill out. These fields are documented below - the form. Choose a name and description for the group. Decide whether - this group should be used for bugs (in all likelihood this should be - selected). Optionally, choose a regular expression that will - automatically add any matching users to the group, and choose an - icon that will help identify user comments for the group. The regular - expression can be useful, for example, to automatically put all users - from the same company into one group (if the group is for a specific - customer or partner). - </para> - <note> - <para> - If <quote>User RegExp</quote> is filled out, users whose email - addresses match the regular expression will automatically be - members of the group as long as their email addresses continue - to match the regular expression. If their email address changes - and no longer matches the regular expression, they will be removed - from the group. Versions 2.16 and older of Bugzilla did not automatically - remove users who's email addresses no longer matched the RegExp. - </para> - </note> - <warning> - <para> - If specifying a domain in the regular expression, end - the regexp with a "$". Otherwise, when granting access to - "@mycompany\.com", access will also be granted to - 'badperson@mycompany.com.cracker.net'. Use the syntax, - '@mycompany\.com$' for the regular expression. - </para> - </warning> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - After the new group is created, it can be edited for additional options. - The "Edit Group" page allows for specifying other groups that should be included - in this group and which groups should be permitted to add and delete - users from this group. For more details, see <xref linkend="edit-groups"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - </section> - - <section id="edit-groups"> - <title>Editing Groups and Assigning Group Permissions</title> - - <para> - To access the "Edit Groups" page, select the - <quote>Administration</quote> link in the page footer, - and then select the <quote>Groups</quote> link from the Administration page. - A table of all the existing groups is displayed. Click on a group name - you wish to edit or control permissions for. - </para> - - <para> - The "Edit Groups" page contains the same five fields present when - creating a new group. Below that are two additional sections, "Group - Permissions," and "Mass Remove". The "Mass Remove" option simply removes - all users from the group who match the regular expression entered. The - "Group Permissions" section requires further explanation. - </para> - - <para> - The "Group Permissions" section on the "Edit Groups" page contains four sets - of permissions that control the relationship of this group to other - groups. If the 'usevisibilitygroups' parameter is in use (see - <xref linkend="parameters"/>) two additional sets of permissions are displayed. - Each set consists of two select boxes. On the left, a select box - with a list of all existing groups. On the right, a select box listing - all groups currently selected for this permission setting (this box will - be empty for new groups). The way these controls allow groups to relate - to one another is called <emphasis>inheritance</emphasis>. - Each of the six permissions is described below. - </para> - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - - <term> - <emphasis>Groups That Are a Member of This Group</emphasis> - </term> - - <listitem> - <para> - Members of any groups selected here will automatically have - membership in this group. In other words, members of any selected - group will inherit membership in this group. - </para> - </listitem> - - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - - <term> - <emphasis>Groups That This Group Is a Member Of</emphasis> - </term> - - <listitem> - <para> - Members of this group will inherit membership to any group - selected here. For example, suppose the group being edited is - an Admin group. If there are two products (Product1 and Product2) - and each product has its - own group (Group1 and Group2), and the Admin group - should have access to both products, - simply select both Group1 and Group2 here. - </para> - </listitem> - - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - - <term> - <emphasis>Groups That Can Grant Membership in This Group</emphasis> - </term> - - <listitem> - <para> - The members of any group selected here will be able add users - to this group, even if they themselves are not in this group. - </para> - </listitem> - - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - - <term> - <emphasis>Groups That This Group Can Grant Membership In</emphasis> - </term> - - <listitem> - <para> - Members of this group can add users to any group selected here, - even if they themselves are not in the selected groups. - </para> - </listitem> - - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - - <term> - <emphasis>Groups That Can See This Group</emphasis> - </term> - - <listitem> - <para> - Members of any selected group can see the users in this group. - This setting is only visible if the 'usevisibilitygroups' parameter - is enabled on the Bugzilla Configuration page. See - <xref linkend="parameters"/> for information on configuring Bugzilla. - </para> - </listitem> - - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - - <term> - <emphasis>Groups That This Group Can See</emphasis> - </term> - - <listitem> - <para> - Members of this group can see members in any of the selected groups. - This setting is only visible if the 'usevisibilitygroups' parameter - is enabled on the the Bugzilla Configuration page. See - <xref linkend="parameters"/> for information on configuring Bugzilla. - </para> - </listitem> - - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </section> - - <section id="users-and-groups"> - <title>Assigning Users to Groups</title> - - <para> - A User can become a member of a group in several ways: - </para> - - <orderedlist> - - <listitem> - <para> - The user can be explicitly placed in the group by editing - the user's profile. This can be done by accessing the "Users" page - from the "Administration" page. Use the search form to find the user - you want to edit group membership for, and click on their email - address in the search results to edit their profile. The profile - page lists all the groups, and indicates if the user is a member of - the group either directly or indirectly. More information on indirect - group membership is below. For more details on User administration, - see <xref linkend="useradmin"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - The group can include another group of which the user is - a member. This is indicated by square brackets around the checkbox - next to the group name in the user's profile. - See <xref linkend="edit-groups"/> for details on group inheritance. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - The user's email address can match the regular expression - that has been specified to automatically grant membership to - the group. This is indicated by "*" around the check box by the - group name in the user's profile. - See <xref linkend="create-groups"/> for details on - the regular expression option when creating groups. - </para> - </listitem> - - </orderedlist> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Assigning Group Controls to Products</title> - - <para> - The primary functionality of groups is derived from the relationship of - groups to products. The concepts around segregating access to bugs with - product group controls can be confusing. For details and examples on this - topic, see <xref linkend="product-group-controls" />. - </para> - - </section> - - </section> - - <section id="sanitycheck"> - <title>Checking and Maintaining Database Integrity</title> - - <para> - Over time it is possible for the Bugzilla database to become corrupt - or to have anomalies. - This could happen through normal usage of Bugzilla, manual database - administration outside of the Bugzilla user interface, or from some - other unexpected event. Bugzilla includes a "Sanity Check" script that - can perform several basic database checks, and repair certain problems or - inconsistencies. - </para> - <para> - To run the "Sanity Check" script, log in as an Administrator and click the - "Sanity Check" link in the admin page. Any problems that are found will be - displayed in red letters. If the script is capable of fixing a problem, - it will present a link to initiate the fix. If the script can not - fix the problem it will require manual database administration or recovery. - </para> - <para> - The "Sanity Check" script can also be run from the command line via the perl - script <filename>sanitycheck.pl</filename>. The script can also be run as - a <command>cron</command> job. Results will be delivered by email. - </para> - <para> - The "Sanity Check" script should be run on a regular basis as a matter of - best practice. - </para> - <warning> - <para> - The "Sanity Check" script is no substitute for a competent database - administrator. It is only designed to check and repair basic database - problems. - </para> - </warning> - - </section> - - <section id="upgrading"> - <title>Upgrading to New Releases</title> - - <para> - Upgrading Bugzilla is something we all want to do from time to time, - be it to get new features or pick up the latest security fix. How easy - it is to update depends on a few factors: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - If the new version is a revision or a new point release - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - How many local changes (if any) have been made - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <section id="upgrading-version-defns"> - <title>Version Definitions</title> - - <para> - Bugzilla displays the version you are using at the top of the home - page <filename>index.cgi</filename>. It looks something like - '2.20.3', '2.22.1' or '3.0rc1'. The first number in this series is - the Major Version. This does not change very often; - Bugzilla was 1.x.x when it was first created, and went to 2.x.x - when it was re-written in perl in Sept 1998. The major version - 3.x.x, released in early 2007, is pretty far from what the 2.x.x - series looked like, both about its UI and its code. - </para> - - <para> - The second number in the version is called the 'minor number', and - a release that changes the minor number is called a 'point release'. - An even number in this position (2.18, 2.20, 2.22, 3.0, 3.2, etc.) - represents a stable version, while an odd number (2.19, 2.21, 2.23, etc.) - represents a development version. In the past, stable point releases - were feature-based, coming when certain enhancements had been - completed, or the Bugzilla development team felt that enough - progress had been made overall. As of version 2.18, however, - Bugzilla has moved to a time-based release schedule; current plans - are to create a stable point release every 6 months or so after - 2.18 is deployed. - </para> - - <para> - The third number in the Bugzilla version represents a bugfix version. - Bugfix Revisions are released only to address security vulnerabilities - and, for a limited period, bug fixes. Once enough of these - bugfixes have accumulated (or a new security vulnerability is - identified and closed), a bugfix release is made. As an - example, 2.20.3 was a bugfix release, and improved on 2.20.2. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - When reading version numbers, everything separated by a point ('.') - should be read as a single number. It is <emphasis>not</emphasis> - the same as decimal. 2.22 is newer than 2.8 because minor version - 22 is greater than minor version 8. The now unsupported release 2.16.11 - was newer than 2.16.9 (because bugfix 11 is greater than bugfix 9. This is - confusing to some people who aren't used to dealing with software. - </para> - </note> - </section> - - <section id="upgrading-notifications"> - <title>Upgrading - Notifications</title> - - <para> - Bugzilla 3.0 introduces the ability to automatically notify - administrators when new releases are available, based on the - <literal>upgrade_notification</literal> parameter, see - <xref linkend="parameters"/>. Administrators will see these - notifications when they access the <filename>index.cgi</filename> - page, i.e. generally when logging in. Bugzilla will check once per - day for new releases, unless the parameter is set to - <quote>disabled</quote>. If you are behind a proxy, you may have to set - the <literal>proxy_url</literal> parameter accordingly. If the proxy - requires authentication, use the - <literal>http://user:pass@proxy_url/</literal> syntax. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="upgrading-methods"> - <title>Upgrading - Methods and Procedure</title> - <para> - There are three different ways to upgrade your installation. - </para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Using CVS (<xref linkend="upgrade-cvs"/>) - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Downloading a new tarball (<xref linkend="upgrade-tarball"/>) - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Applying the relevant patches (<xref linkend="upgrade-patches"/>) - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - <para> - Each of these options has its own pros and cons; the one that's - right for you depends on how long it has been since you last - installed, the degree to which you have customized your installation, - and/or your network configuration. (Some discussion of the various - methods of updating compared with degree and methods of local - customization can be found in <xref linkend="template-method"/>.) - </para> - - <para> - The larger the jump you are trying to make, the more difficult it - is going to be to upgrade if you have made local customizations. - Upgrading from 2.22 to 2.22.1 should be fairly painless even if - you are heavily customized, but going from 2.18 to 3.0 is going - to mean a fair bit of work re-writing your local changes to use - the new files, logic, templates, etc. If you have done no local - changes at all, however, then upgrading should be approximately - the same amount of work regardless of how long it has been since - your version was released. - </para> - - <warning> - <para> - Upgrading is a one-way process. You should backup your database - and current Bugzilla directory before attempting the upgrade. If - you wish to revert to the old Bugzilla version for any reason, you - will have to restore from these backups. - </para> - </warning> - - <para> - The examples in the following sections are written as though the - user were updating to version 2.22.1, but the procedures are the - same regardless of whether one is updating to a new point release - or simply trying to obtain a new bugfix release. Also, in the - examples the user's Bugzilla installation is found at - <filename>/var/www/html/bugzilla</filename>. If that is not the - same as the location of your Bugzilla installation, simply - substitute the proper paths where appropriate. - </para> - - <section id="upgrade-cvs"> - <title>Upgrading using CVS</title> - - <para> - Every release of Bugzilla, whether it is a point release or a bugfix, - is tagged in CVS. Also, every tarball that has been distributed since - version 2.12 has been created in such a way that it can be used with - CVS once it is unpacked. Doing so, however, requires that you are able - to access cvs-mirror.mozilla.org on port 2401, which may not be an - option or a possibility for some users, especially those behind a - highly restrictive firewall. - </para> - - <tip> - <para> - If you can, updating using CVS is probably the most painless - method, especially if you have a lot of local changes. - </para> - </tip> - - <para> - The following shows the sequence of commands needed to update a - Bugzilla installation via CVS, and a typical series of results. - </para> - - <programlisting> -bash$ <command>cd /var/www/html/bugzilla</command> -bash$ <command>cvs login</command> -Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:2401/cvsroot -CVS password: <emphasis>('anonymous', or just leave it blank)</emphasis> -bash$ <command>cvs -q update -r BUGZILLA-2_22_1 -dP</command> -P checksetup.pl -P collectstats.pl -P docs/rel_notes.txt -P template/en/default/list/quips.html.tmpl -<emphasis>(etc.)</emphasis> - </programlisting> - - <caution> - <para> - If a line in the output from <command>cvs update</command> begins - with a <computeroutput>C</computeroutput>, then that represents a - file with local changes that CVS was unable to properly merge. You - need to resolve these conflicts manually before Bugzilla (or at - least the portion using that file) will be usable. - </para> - </caution> - </section> - - <section id="upgrade-tarball"> - <title>Upgrading using the tarball</title> - - <para> - If you are unable (or unwilling) to use CVS, another option that's - always available is to obtain the latest tarball from the <ulink - url="http://www.bugzilla.org/download/">Download Page</ulink> and - create a new Bugzilla installation from that. - </para> - - <para> - This sequence of commands shows how to get the tarball from the - command-line; it is also possible to download it from the site - directly in a web browser. If you go that route, save the file - to the <filename class="directory">/var/www/html</filename> - directory (or its equivalent, if you use something else) and - omit the first three lines of the example. - </para> - - <programlisting> -bash$ <command>cd /var/www/html</command> -bash$ <command>wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/webtools/bugzilla-2.22.1.tar.gz</command> -<emphasis>(Output omitted)</emphasis> -bash$ <command>tar xzvf bugzilla-2.22.1.tar.gz</command> -bugzilla-2.22.1/ -bugzilla-2.22.1/.cvsignore -<emphasis>(Output truncated)</emphasis> -bash$ <command>cd bugzilla-2.22.1</command> -bash$ <command>cp ../bugzilla/localconfig* .</command> -bash$ <command>cp -r ../bugzilla/data .</command> -bash$ <command>cd ..</command> -bash$ <command>mv bugzilla bugzilla.old</command> -bash$ <command>mv bugzilla-2.22.1 bugzilla</command> - </programlisting> - - <warning> - <para> - The <command>cp</command> commands both end with periods which - is a very important detail, it tells the shell that the destination - directory is the current working directory. - </para> - </warning> - - <para> - This upgrade method will give you a clean install of Bugzilla with the - same version as the tarball. That's fine if you don't have any local - customizations that you want to maintain, but if you do then you will - need to reapply them by hand to the appropriate files. - </para> - - <para> - It's worth noting that since 2.12, the Bugzilla tarballs come - CVS-ready, so if you decide at a later date that you'd rather use - CVS as an upgrade method, your code will already be set up for it. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="upgrade-patches"> - <title>Upgrading using patches</title> - - <para> - If you are doing a bugfix upgrade -- that is, one where only the - last number of the revision changes, such as from 2.22 to 2.22.1 - -- then you have the option of obtaining and applying a patch file - from the <ulink - url="http://www.bugzilla.org/download/">Download Page</ulink>. - This file is made available by the <ulink - url="http://www.bugzilla.org/developers/profiles.html">Bugzilla - Development Team</ulink>, and is a collection of all the bug fixes - and security patches that have been made since the last bugfix - release. If you are planning to upgrade via patches, it is safer - to grab this developer-made patch file than to read the patch - notes and apply all (or even just some of) the patches oneself, - as sometimes patches on bugs get changed before they get checked in. - </para> - - <para> - As above, this example starts with obtaining the file via the - command line. If you have already downloaded it, you can omit the - first two commands. - </para> - - <programlisting> -bash$ <command>cd /var/www/html/bugzilla</command> -bash$ <command>wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/webtools/bugzilla-2.22-to-2.22.1.diff.gz</command> -<emphasis>(Output omitted)</emphasis> -bash$ <command>gunzip bugzilla-2.22-to-2.22.1.diff.gz</command> -bash$ <command>patch -p1 < bugzilla-2.22-to-2.22.1.diff</command> -patching file checksetup.pl -patching file collectstats.pl -<emphasis>(etc.)</emphasis> - </programlisting> - - <warning> - <para> - Be aware that upgrading from a patch file does not change the - entries in your <filename class="directory">CVS</filename> directory. - This could make it more difficult to upgrade using CVS - (<xref linkend="upgrade-cvs"/>) in the future. - </para> - </warning> - - </section> - </section> - - <section id="upgrading-completion"> - <title>Completing Your Upgrade</title> - - <para> - Regardless of which upgrade method you choose, you will need to - run <command>./checksetup.pl</command> before your Bugzilla - upgrade will be complete. - </para> - - <programlisting> -bash$ <command>cd bugzilla</command> -bash$ <command>./checksetup.pl</command> - </programlisting> - - <warning> - <para> - The period at the beginning of the command - <command>./checksetup.pl</command> is important and can not - be omitted. - </para> - </warning> - - <para> - If you have done a lot of local modifications, it wouldn't hurt - to run the Bugzilla Testing suite. This is not a required step, - but it isn't going to hurt anything, and might help point out - some areas that could be improved. (More information on the - test suite can be had by following this link to the appropriate - section in the <ulink - url="http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/developer.html#testsuite">Developers' - Guide</ulink>.) - </para> - - </section> - </section> - -</chapter> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml +sgml-omittag:t +sgml-shorttag:t +sgml-namecase-general:t +sgml-general-insert-case:upper +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t -sgml-auto-insert-required-elements:t -sgml-balanced-tag-edit:t -sgml-exposed-tags:nil -sgml-general-insert-case:lower -sgml-indent-data:t sgml-indent-step:2 +sgml-indent-data:t +sgml-parent-document:nil +sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil -sgml-minimize-attributes:nil -sgml-namecase-general:t -sgml-omittag:t -sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter") -sgml-shorttag:t -sgml-tag-region-if-active:t End: --> - diff --git a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml index 0373ab72c..03ff0bd8d 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml @@ -1,2040 +1,1322 @@ -<!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> --> -<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.1 2008/04/03 19:05:43 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ --> -<chapter id="installing-bugzilla"> - <title>Installing Bugzilla</title> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> - <section id="installation"> - <title>Installation</title> - - <note> - <para>If you just want to <emphasis>use</emphasis> Bugzilla, - you do not need to install it. None of this chapter is relevant to - you. Ask your Bugzilla administrator for the URL to access it from - your web browser. - </para> - </note> - - <para>The Bugzilla server software is usually installed on Linux or - Solaris. - If you are installing on another OS, check <xref linkend="os-specific"/> - before you start your installation to see if there are any special - instructions. - </para> - - <para> - As an alternative to following these instructions, you may wish to - try Arne Schirmacher's unofficial and unsupported - <ulink url="http://www.softwaretesting.de/article/view/33/1/8/">Bugzilla - Installer</ulink>, which installs Bugzilla and all its prerequisites - on Linux or Solaris systems. - </para> - - <para>This guide assumes that you have administrative access to the - Bugzilla machine. It not possible to - install and run Bugzilla itself without administrative access except - in the very unlikely event that every single prerequisite is - already installed. - </para> - - <warning> - <para>The installation process may make your machine insecure for - short periods of time. Make sure there is a firewall between you - and the Internet. - </para> - </warning> - - <para> - You are strongly recommended to make a backup of your system - before installing Bugzilla (and at regular intervals thereafter :-). - </para> - - <para>In outline, the installation proceeds as follows: - </para> - - <procedure> - <step> - <para><link linkend="install-perl">Install Perl</link> - (&min-perl-ver; or above) - </para> - </step> - <step> - <para><link linkend="install-database">Install a Database Engine</link> - </para> - </step> - <step> - <para><link linkend="install-webserver">Install a Webserver</link> - </para> - </step> - <step> - <para><link linkend="install-bzfiles">Install Bugzilla</link> - </para> - </step> - <step> - <para><link linkend="install-perlmodules">Install Perl modules</link> - </para> - </step> - <step> - <para> - <link linkend="install-MTA">Install a Mail Transfer Agent</link> - (Sendmail 8.7 or above, or an MTA that is Sendmail-compatible with at least this version) - </para> - </step> - <step> - <para>Configure all of the above. - </para> - </step> - </procedure> - - <section id="install-perl"> - <title>Perl</title> - - <para>Installed Version Test: <filename>perl -v</filename></para> - - <para>Any machine that doesn't have Perl on it is a sad machine indeed. - If you don't have it and your OS doesn't provide official packages, - visit <ulink url="http://www.perl.com"/>. - Although Bugzilla runs with Perl &min-perl-ver;, - it's a good idea to be using the latest stable version. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="install-database"> - <title>Database Engine</title> - - <para>From Bugzilla 2.20, support is included for using both the MySQL and - PostgreSQL database servers. You only require one of these systems to make - use of Bugzilla.</para> - - <section id="install-mysql"> - <title>MySQL</title> - <para>Installed Version Test: <filename>mysql -V</filename></para> - - <para> - If you don't have it and your OS doesn't provide official packages, - visit <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com"/>. You need MySQL version - &min-mysql-ver; or higher. - </para> - - <note> - <para> Many of the binary - versions of MySQL store their data files in - <filename class="directory">/var</filename>. - On some Unix systems, this is part of a smaller root partition, - and may not have room for your bug database. To change the data - directory, you have to build MySQL from source yourself, and - set it as an option to <filename>configure</filename>.</para> - </note> - - <para>If you install from something other than a packaging/installation - system, such as .rpm (Redhat Package), .deb (Debian Package), .exe - (Windows Executable), or .msi (Microsoft Installer), make sure the MySQL - server is started when the machine boots. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="install-pg"> - <title>PostgreSQL</title> - <para>Installed Version Test: <filename>psql -V</filename></para> - - <para> - If you don't have it and your OS doesn't provide official packages, - visit <ulink url="http://www.postgresql.org/"/>. You need PostgreSQL - version &min-pg-ver; or higher. - </para> - - <para>If you install from something other than a packaging/installation - system, such as .rpm (Redhat Package), .deb (Debian Package), .exe - (Windows Executable), or .msi (Microsoft Installer), make sure the - PostgreSQL server is started when the machine boots. - </para> - </section> - - </section> - - <section id="install-webserver"> - <title>Web Server</title> - - <para>Installed Version Test: view the default welcome page at - http://<your-machine>/</para> - - <para>You have freedom of choice here, pretty much any web server that - is capable of running <glossterm linkend="gloss-cgi">CGI</glossterm> - scripts will work. - However, we strongly recommend using the Apache web server - (either 1.3.x or 2.x), and - the installation instructions usually assume you are - using it. If you have got Bugzilla working using another web server, - please share your experiences with us by filing a bug in &bzg-bugs;. - </para> - - <para> - If you don't have Apache and your OS doesn't provide official packages, - visit <ulink url="http://httpd.apache.org/"/>. - </para> - - </section> - - <section id="install-bzfiles"> - <title>Bugzilla</title> - - <para> - Download a Bugzilla tarball (or check it out from CVS) and place - it in a suitable directory, accessible by the default web server user - (probably <quote>apache</quote> or <quote>www</quote>). - Good locations are either directly in the web server's document directories or - in <filename>/usr/local</filename> with a symbolic link to the web server's - document directories or an alias in the web server's configuration. - </para> - - <caution> - <para>The default Bugzilla distribution is NOT designed to be placed - in a <filename class="directory">cgi-bin</filename> directory. This - includes any directory which is configured using the - <option>ScriptAlias</option> directive of Apache. - </para> - </caution> - - <para>Once all the files are in a web accessible directory, make that - directory writable by your web server's user. This is a temporary step - until you run the - <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> - script, which locks down your installation.</para> - </section> - - <section id="install-perlmodules"> - <title>Perl Modules</title> - - <para>Bugzilla's installation process is based - on a script called <filename>checksetup.pl</filename>. - The first thing it checks is whether you have appropriate - versions of all the required - Perl modules. The aim of this section is to pass this check. - When it passes, proceed to <xref linkend="configuration"/>. - </para> - - <para> - At this point, you need to <filename>su</filename> to root. You should - remain as root until the end of the install. To check you have the - required modules, run: - </para> - - <screen><prompt>bash#</prompt> ./checksetup.pl --check-modules</screen> - - <para> - <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> will print out a list of the - required and optional Perl modules, together with the versions - (if any) installed on your machine. - The list of required modules is reasonably long; however, you - may already have several of them installed. - </para> - - <para> - There is a meta-module called Bundle::Bugzilla, - which installs all the other - modules with a single command. You should use this if you are running - Perl 5.6.1 or above. - </para> - - <para> - The preferred way of installing Perl modules is via CPAN on Unix, - or PPM on Windows (see <xref linkend="win32-perl-modules"/>). These - instructions assume you are using CPAN; if for some reason you need - to install the Perl modules manually, see - <xref linkend="install-perlmodules-manual"/>. - </para> - - <screen><prompt>bash#</prompt> perl -MCPAN -e 'install "<modulename>"'</screen> - - <para> - If you using Bundle::Bugzilla, invoke the magic CPAN command on it. - Otherwise, you need to work down the - list of modules that <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> says are - required, in the order given, invoking the command on each. - </para> - - <tip> - <para>Many people complain that Perl modules will not install for - them. Most times, the error messages complain that they are missing a - file in - <quote>@INC</quote>. - Virtually every time, this error is due to permissions being set too - restrictively for you to compile Perl modules or not having the - necessary Perl development libraries installed on your system. - Consult your local UNIX systems administrator for help solving these - permissions issues; if you - <emphasis>are</emphasis> - the local UNIX sysadmin, please consult the newsgroup/mailing list - for further assistance or hire someone to help you out.</para> - </tip> - - <note> - <para>If you are using a package-based system, and attempting to install the - Perl modules from CPAN, you may need to install the "development" packages for - MySQL and GD before attempting to install the related Perl modules. The names of - these packages will vary depending on the specific distribution you are using, - but are often called <filename><packagename>-devel</filename>.</para> - </note> - - <para> - Here is a complete list of modules and their minimum versions. - Some modules have special installation notes, which follow. - </para> - - <para>Required Perl modules: - <orderedlist> - - <listitem> - <para> - CGI &min-cgi-ver; or CGI &min-mp-cgi-ver; if using mod_perl - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Date::Format (&min-date-format-ver;) - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - DBI (&min-dbi-ver;) - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <link linkend="install-modules-dbd-mysql">DBD::mysql</link> - (&min-dbd-mysql-ver;) if using MySQL - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - DBD::Pg (&min-dbd-pg-ver;) if using PostgreSQL - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - File::Spec (&min-file-spec-ver;) - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <link linkend="install-modules-template">Template</link> - (&min-template-ver;) - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Email::Send (&min-email-send-ver;) - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Email::MIME::Modifier (&min-email-mime-modifier-ver;) - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - Optional Perl modules: - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <link linkend="install-modules-gd">GD</link> - (&min-gd-ver;) for bug charting - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Template::Plugin::GD::Image - (&min-gd-ver;) for Graphical Reports - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <link linkend="install-modules-chart-base">Chart::Base</link> - (&min-chart-base-ver;) for bug charting - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <link linkend="install-modules-gd-graph">GD::Graph</link> - (&min-gd-graph-ver;) for bug charting - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <link linkend="install-modules-gd-text">GD::Text</link> - (&min-gd-text-ver;) for bug charting - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <link linkend="install-modules-xml-twig">XML::Twig</link> - (&min-xml-twig-ver;) for bug import/export - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - MIME::Parser (&min-mime-parser-ver;) for bug import/export - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - LWP::UserAgent - (&min-lwp-useragent-ver;) for Automatic Update Notifications - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <link linkend="install-modules-patchreader">PatchReader</link> - (&min-patchreader-ver;) for pretty HTML view of patches - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Image::Magick (&min-image-magick-ver;) for converting BMP image attachments to PNG - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Net::LDAP - (&min-net-ldap-ver;) for LDAP Authentication - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Authen::Radius - (&min-authen-radius-ver;) for RADIUS Authentication - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <link linkend="install-modules-soap-lite">SOAP::Lite</link> - (&min-soap-lite-ver;) for the web service interface - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - HTML::Parser - (&min-html-parser-ver;) for More HTML in Product/Group Descriptions - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - HTML::Scrubber - (&min-html-scrubber-ver;) for More HTML in Product/Group Descriptions - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Email::MIME::Attachment::Stripper - (&min-email-mime-attachment-stripper-ver;) for Inbound Email - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Email::Reply - (&min-email-reply-ver;) for Inbound Email - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - mod_perl2 - (&min-mod_perl2-ver;) for mod_perl - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - CGI - (&min-cgi-ver;) for mod_perl - </para> - </listitem> - - </orderedlist> - </para> - - <section id="install-modules-dbd-mysql"> - <title>DBD::mysql</title> - - <para>The installation process will ask you a few questions about the - desired compilation target and your MySQL installation. For most of the - questions the provided default will be adequate, but when asked if your - desired target is the MySQL or mSQL packages, you should - select the MySQL-related ones. Later you will be asked if you wish to - provide backwards compatibility with the older MySQL packages; you - should answer YES to this question. The default is NO.</para> - - <para>A host of 'localhost' should be fine. A testing user of 'test', - with a null password, should have sufficient access to run - tests on the 'test' database which MySQL creates upon installation. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="install-modules-template"> - <title>Template Toolkit (&min-template-ver;)</title> - - <para>When you install Template Toolkit, you'll get asked various - questions about features to enable. The defaults are fine, except - that it is recommended you use the high speed XS Stash of the Template - Toolkit, in order to achieve best performance. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="install-modules-gd"> - <title>GD (&min-gd-ver;)</title> - - <para>The GD module is only required if you want graphical reports. - </para> - - <note> - <para>The Perl GD module requires some other libraries that may or - may not be installed on your system, including - <classname>libpng</classname> - and - <classname>libgd</classname>. - The full requirements are listed in the Perl GD module README. - If compiling GD fails, it's probably because you're - missing a required library.</para> - </note> - - <tip> - <para>The version of the GD module you need is very closely tied - to the <classname>libgd</classname> version installed on your system. - If you have a version 1.x of <classname>libgd</classname> the 2.x - versions of the GD module won't work for you. - </para> - </tip> - </section> - - <section id="install-modules-chart-base"> - <title>Chart::Base (&min-chart-base-ver;)</title> - - <para>The Chart::Base module is only required if you want graphical - reports. - Note that earlier versions that 0.99c used GIFs, which are no longer - supported by the latest versions of GD.</para> - </section> - - <section id="install-modules-gd-graph"> - <title>GD::Graph (&min-gd-graph-ver;)</title> - - <para>The GD::Graph module is only required if you want graphical - reports. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="install-modules-gd-text"> - <title>GD::Text (&min-gd-text-ver;)</title> - - <para>The GD::Text module is only required if you want graphical - reports. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="install-modules-xml-twig"> - <title>XML::Twig (&min-xml-twig-ver;)</title> - - <para>The XML::Twig module is only required if you want to import - XML bugs using the <filename>importxml.pl</filename> - script. This is required to use Bugzilla's "move bugs" feature; - you may also want to use it for migrating from another bug database. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="install-modules-soap-lite"> - <title>SOAP::Lite (&min-soap-lite-ver;)</title> - <para>Installing SOAP::Lite enables your Bugzilla installation to be - accessible at a standardized Web Service interface (SOAP/XML-RPC) - by third-party applications via HTTP(S). - </para> - </section> - - <section id="install-modules-patchreader"> - <title>PatchReader (&min-patchreader-ver;)</title> - - <para>The PatchReader module is only required if you want to use - Patch Viewer, a - Bugzilla feature to show code patches in your web browser in a more - readable form. - </para> - </section> - </section> - <section id="install-MTA"> - <title>Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)</title> - - <para> - Bugzilla is dependent on the availability of an e-mail system for its - user authentication and for other tasks. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - This is not entirely true. It is possible to completely disable - email sending, or to have Bugzilla store email messages in a - file instead of sending them. However, this is mainly intended - for testing, as disabling or diverting email on a production - machine would mean that users could miss important events (such - as bug changes or the creation of new accounts). - </para> - - <para> - For more information, see the <quote>mail_delivery_method</quote> parameter - in <xref linkend="parameters" />. - </para> - </note> - - <para> - On Linux, any Sendmail-compatible MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) will - suffice. Sendmail, Postfix, qmail and Exim are examples of common - MTAs. Sendmail is the original Unix MTA, but the others are easier to - configure, and therefore many people replace Sendmail with Postfix or - Exim. They are drop-in replacements, so Bugzilla will not - distinguish between them. - </para> - - <para> - If you are using Sendmail, version 8.7 or higher is required. - If you are using a Sendmail-compatible MTA, it must be congruent with - at least version 8.7 of Sendmail. - </para> - - <para> - Consult the manual for the specific MTA you choose for detailed - installation instructions. Each of these programs will have their own - configuration files where you must configure certain parameters to - ensure that the mail is delivered properly. They are implemented - as services, and you should ensure that the MTA is in the auto-start - list of services for the machine. - </para> - - <para> - If a simple mail sent with the command-line 'mail' program - succeeds, then Bugzilla should also be fine. - </para> - - </section> - <section id="using-mod_perl-with-bugzilla"> - <title>Installing Bugzilla on mod_perl</title> - <para>It is now possible to run the Bugzilla software under <literal>mod_perl</literal> on - Apache. <literal>mod_perl</literal> has some additional requirements to that of running - Bugzilla under <literal>mod_cgi</literal> (the standard and previous way).</para> - - <para>Bugzilla requires <literal>mod_perl</literal> to be installed, which can be - obtained from <ulink url="http://perl.apache.org"/> - Bugzilla requires - version &min-mod_perl2-ver; (AKA 2.0.0-RC5) to be installed.</para> - - <para>Bugzilla also requires a more up-to-date version of the CGI - perl module to be installed, version &min-mp-cgi-ver; as opposed to &min-cgi-ver; - </para> - </section> - </section> +<CHAPTER id="installation"> + <TITLE>Installing Bugzilla</TITLE> - <section id="configuration"> - <title>Configuration</title> - - <warning> - <para> - Poorly-configured MySQL and Bugzilla installations have - given attackers full access to systems in the past. Please take the - security parts of these guidelines seriously, even for Bugzilla - machines hidden away behind your firewall. Be certain to read - <xref linkend="security"/> for some important security tips. - </para> - </warning> - - <section id="localconfig"> - <title>localconfig</title> + <SECTION id="README.unix"> + <TITLE>UNIX Installation</TITLE> + <SECTION> + <TITLE>ERRATA</TITLE> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + If you are installing Bugzilla on S.u.S.e. Linux, or some other + distributions with "paranoid" security options, it is possible + that the checksetup.pl script may fail with the error: + <ERRORNAME>cannot chdir(/var/spool/mqueue): Permission denied</ERRORNAME> + This is because your + /var/spool/mqueue directory has a mode of "drwx------". Type + <COMMAND>chmod 755 /var/spool/mqueue</COMMAND> as root to fix this problem. + </PARA> + </NOTE> - <para> - You should now run <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> again, this time - without the <literal>--check-modules</literal> switch. - </para> - <screen><prompt>bash#</prompt> ./checksetup.pl</screen> - <para> - This time, <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> should tell you that all - the correct modules are installed and will display a message about, and - write out a file called, <filename>localconfig</filename>. This file - contains the default settings for a number of Bugzilla parameters. - </para> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + Release Notes for Bugzilla 2.12 are available at docs/rel_notes.txt + </PARA> + </NOTE> - <para> - Load this file in your editor. The only value you - <emphasis>need</emphasis> to change is $db_pass, the password for - the user you will create for your database. Pick a strong - password (for simplicity, it should not contain single quote - characters) and put it here. - </para> - - <para> - You may need to change the value of - <emphasis>webservergroup</emphasis> if your web server does not - run in the "apache" group. On Debian, for example, Apache runs in - the "www-data" group. If you are going to run Bugzilla on a - machine where you do not have root access (such as on a shared web - hosting account), you will need to leave - <emphasis>webservergroup</emphasis> empty, ignoring the warnings - that <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> will subsequently display - every time it is run. - </para> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + The preferred documentation for Bugzilla is available in docs/, with + a variety of document types available. Please refer to these documents when + installing, configuring, and maintaining your Bugzilla installation. + </PARA> + </NOTE> - <caution> - <para> - If you are using suexec, you should use your own primary group - for <emphasis>webservergroup</emphasis> rather than leaving it - empty, and see the additional directions in the suexec section - <xref linkend="suexec" />. - </para> - </caution> - - <para> - The other options in the <filename>localconfig</filename> file - are documented by their accompanying comments. If you have a slightly - non-standard MySQL setup, you may wish to change one or more of - the other "$db_*" parameters. - </para> + <WARNING> + <PARA> + Bugzilla is not a package where you can just plop it in a directory, + twiddle a few things, and you're off. Installing Bugzilla assumes you + know your variant of UNIX or Microsoft Windows well, are familiar with the + command line, and are comfortable compiling and installing a plethora + of third-party utilities. To install Bugzilla on Win32 requires + fair Perl proficiency, and if you use a webserver other than Apache you + should be intimately familiar with the security mechanisms and CGI + environment thereof. + </PARA> + </WARNING> - <para> - You may also wish to change the names of - the priorities, severities, operating systems and platforms for your - installation. However, you can always change these after installation - has finished; if you then re-run <filename>checksetup.pl</filename>, - the changes will get picked up. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="database-engine"> - <title>Database Server</title> - <para> - This section deals with configuring your database server for use - with Bugzilla. Currently, MySQL (<xref linkend="mysql"/>) and - PostgreSQL (<xref linkend="postgresql"/>) are available. - </para> - - <section id="database-schema"> - <title>Bugzilla Database Schema</title> - - <para> - The Bugzilla database schema is available at - <ulink url="http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/p4dti/tool/cgi/bugzilla-schema/">Ravenbrook</ulink>. - This very valuable tool can generate a written description of - the Bugzilla database schema for any version of Bugzilla. It - can also generate a diff between two versions to help someone - see what has changed. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="mysql"> - <title>MySQL</title> - - <caution> - <para> - MySQL's default configuration is very insecure. - <xref linkend="security-mysql"/> has some good information for - improving your installation's security. - </para> - </caution> - - <section id="install-setupdatabase"> - <title>Allow large attachments</title> - - <para> - By default, MySQL will only accept packets up to 64Kb in size. - If you want to have attachments larger than this, you will need - to modify your <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> as below. - </para> - - <screen> [mysqld] - # Allow packets up to 1M - max_allowed_packet=1M</screen> - - <para> - There is also a parameter in Bugzilla called 'maxattachmentsize' - (default = 1000 Kb) that controls the maximum allowable attachment - size. Attachments larger than <emphasis>either</emphasis> the - 'max_allowed_packet' or 'maxattachmentsize' value will not be - accepted by Bugzilla. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - This does not affect Big Files, attachments that are stored directly - on disk instead of in the database. Their maximum size is - controlled using the 'maxlocalattachment' parameter. - </para> - </note> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Allow small words in full-text indexes</title> - - <para>By default, words must be at least four characters in length - in order to be indexed by MySQL's full-text indexes. This causes - a lot of Bugzilla specific words to be missed, including "cc", - "ftp" and "uri".</para> - - <para>MySQL can be configured to index those words by setting the - ft_min_word_len param to the minimum size of the words to index. - This can be done by modifying the <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> - according to the example below:</para> - - <screen> [mysqld] - # Allow small words in full-text indexes - ft_min_word_len=2</screen> - - <para>Rebuilding the indexes can be done based on documentation found at - <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Fulltext_Fine-tuning.html"/>. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="install-setupdatabase-adduser"> - <title>Add a user to MySQL</title> - - <para> - You need to add a new MySQL user for Bugzilla to use. - (It's not safe to have Bugzilla use the MySQL root account.) - The following instructions assume the defaults in - <filename>localconfig</filename>; if you changed those, - you need to modify the SQL command appropriately. You will - need the <replaceable>$db_pass</replaceable> password you - set in <filename>localconfig</filename> in - <xref linkend="localconfig"/>. - </para> - - <para> - We use an SQL <command>GRANT</command> command to create - a <quote>bugs</quote> user. This also restricts the - <quote>bugs</quote>user to operations within a database - called <quote>bugs</quote>, and only allows the account - to connect from <quote>localhost</quote>. Modify it to - reflect your setup if you will be connecting from another - machine or as a different user. - </para> - - <para> - Run the <filename>mysql</filename> command-line client and enter: - </para> - - <screen> <prompt>mysql></prompt> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, - UPDATE, DELETE, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE, LOCK TABLES, - CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, DROP, REFERENCES ON bugs.* - TO bugs@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<replaceable>$db_pass</replaceable>'; - <prompt>mysql></prompt> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</screen> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Permit attachments table to grow beyond 4GB</title> - - <para> - By default, MySQL will limit the size of a table to 4GB. - This limit is present even if the underlying filesystem - has no such limit. To set a higher limit, follow these - instructions. - </para> - - <para> - After you have completed the rest of the installation (or at least the - database setup parts), you should run the <filename>MySQL</filename> - command-line client and enter the following, replacing <literal>$bugs_db</literal> - with your Bugzilla database name (<emphasis>bugs</emphasis> by default): - </para> - - <screen> - <prompt>mysql></prompt> use <replaceable>$bugs_db</replaceable> - <prompt>mysql></prompt> ALTER TABLE attachments - AVG_ROW_LENGTH=1000000, MAX_ROWS=20000; - </screen> - - <para> - The above command will change the limit to 20GB. Mysql will have - to make a temporary copy of your entire table to do this. Ideally, - you should do this when your attachments table is still small. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - This does not affect Big Files, attachments that are stored directly - on disk instead of in the database. - </para> - </note> - </section> - </section> + <WARNING> + <PARA> + Bugzilla has not undergone a complete security review. Security holes + may exist in the code. Great care should be taken both in the installation + and usage of this software. Carefully consider the implications of + installing other network services with Bugzilla. + </PARA> + </WARNING> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Step-by-step Install</TITLE> + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Introduction</TITLE> + <PARA> + Installation of bugzilla is pretty straightforward, particularly if your + machine already has MySQL and the MySQL-related perl packages installed. + If those aren't installed yet, then that's the first order of business. The + other necessary ingredient is a web server set up to run cgi scripts. + While using Apache for your webserver is not required, it is recommended. + </PARA> + + <PARA> + Bugzilla has been successfully installed under Solaris, Linux, and + Win32. The peculiarities of installing on Win32 (Win98+/NT/2K) are not + included in this section of the Guide; please check out the "Win32 Installation Instructions" + for further advice on getting Bugzilla to work on Microsoft Windows. + </PARA> + + <PARA> + The Bugzilla Guide is contained in the "docs/" folder. It is available + in plain text (docs/txt), HTML (docs/html), or SGML source (docs/sgml). + </PARA> + </SECTION> + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Installing the Prerequisites</TITLE> + + <PARA> + The software packages necessary for the proper running of bugzilla are: + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + MySQL database server and the mysql client (3.22.5 or greater) + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Perl (5.004 or greater) + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + DBI Perl module + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Data::Dumper Perl module + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + DBD::mySQL + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + TimeDate Perl module collection + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + GD perl module (1.8.3) (optional, for bug charting) + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Chart::Base Perl module (0.99c) (optional, for bug charting) + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + DB_File Perl module (optional, for bug charting) + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + The web server of your choice. Apache is recommended. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + MIME::Parser Perl module (optional, for contrib/bug_email.pl interface) + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + You must run Bugzilla on a filesystem that supports file locking via + flock(). This is necessary for Bugzilla to operate safely with multiple + instances. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + <WARNING> + <PARA> + It is a good idea, while installing Bugzilla, to ensure it is not + <EMPHASIS>accessible</EMPHASIS> by other machines on the Internet. + Your machine may be vulnerable to attacks + while you are installing. In other words, ensure there is some kind of firewall between you + and the rest of the Internet. Many installation steps require an active Internet connection + to complete, but you must take care to ensure that at no point is your machine vulnerable + to an attack. + </PARA> + </WARNING> + + </PARA> + </SECTION> + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Installing MySQL Database</TITLE> + <PARA> + Visit MySQL homepage at http://www.mysql.org/ and grab the latest stable + release of the server. Both binaries and source are available and which + you get shouldn't matter. Be aware that many of the binary versions + of MySQL store their data files in /var which on many installations + (particularly common with linux installations) is part of a smaller + root partition. If you decide to build from sources you can easily set + the dataDir as an option to configure. + </PARA> + <PARA> + If you've installed from source or non-package (RPM, deb, etc.) binaries + you'll want to make sure to add mysqld to your init scripts so the server + daemon will come back up whenever your machine reboots. + You also may want to edit those init scripts, to make sure that + mysqld will accept large packets. By default, mysqld is set up to only + accept packets up to 64K long. This limits the size of attachments you + may put on bugs. If you add something like "-O max_allowed_packet=1M" + to the command that starts mysqld (or safe_mysqld), then you will be + able to have attachments up to about 1 megabyte. + </PARA> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + If you plan on running Bugzilla and MySQL on the same machine, + consider using the "--skip-networking" option in the init script. + This enhances security by preventing network access to MySQL. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Perl (5.004 or greater)</TITLE> + <PARA> + Any machine that doesn't have perl on it is a sad machine indeed. Perl + for *nix systems can be gotten in source form from http://www.perl.com. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Perl is now a far cry from the the single compiler/interpreter binary it + once was. It now includes a great many required modules and quite a + few other support files. If you're not up to or not inclined to build + perl from source, you'll want to install it on your machine using some + sort of packaging system (be it RPM, deb, or what have you) to ensure + a sane install. In the subsequent sections you'll be installing quite + a few perl modules; this can be quite ornery if your perl installation + isn't up to snuff. + </PARA> + <TIP> + <PARA> + You can skip the following Perl module installation + steps by installing "Bundle::Bugzilla" from CPAN, which includes them. + All Perl module installation steps require you have an active Internet + connection. + </PARA> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>perl -MCPAN -e 'install "Bundle::Bugzilla"'</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + <PARA> + Bundle::Bugzilla doesn't include GD, Chart::Base, or MIME::Parser, + which are not essential to a basic Bugzilla install. If installing + this bundle fails, you should install each module individually to + isolate the problem. + </PARA> + </TIP> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>DBI Perl Module</TITLE> + <PARA> + The DBI module is a generic Perl module used by other database related + Perl modules. For our purposes it's required by the MySQL-related + modules. As long as your Perl installation was done correctly the + DBI module should be a breeze. It's a mixed Perl/C module, but Perl's + MakeMaker system simplifies the C compilation greatly. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Like almost all Perl modules DBI can be found on the Comprehensive Perl + Archive Network (CPAN) at http://www.cpan.org. The CPAN servers have a + real tendency to bog down, so please use mirrors. The current location + at the time of this writing (02/17/99) can be found in Appendix A. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Quality, general Perl module installation instructions can be found on + the CPAN website, but the easy thing to do is to just use the CPAN shell + which does all the hard work for you. + </PARA> + <PARA> + To use the CPAN shell to install DBI: + <INFORMALEXAMPLE> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>perl -MCPAN -e 'install "DBI"'</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <NOTE> + <PARA>Replace "DBI" with the name of whichever module you wish + to install, such as Data::Dumper, TimeDate, GD, etc.</PARA> + </NOTE> + </PARA> + </INFORMALEXAMPLE> + To do it the hard way: + <INFORMALEXAMPLE> + <PARA> + Untar the module tarball -- it should create its own directory + </PARA> + <PARA> + CD to the directory just created, and enter the following commands: + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>perl Makefile.PL</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>make</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>make test</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>make install</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + If everything went ok that should be all it takes. For the vast + majority of perl modules this is all that's required. + </PARA> + </INFORMALEXAMPLE> + </PARA> + </SECTION> + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Data::Dumper Perl Module</TITLE> + <PARA> + The Data::Dumper module provides data structure persistence for Perl + (similar to Java's serialization). It comes with later sub-releases of + Perl 5.004, but a re-installation just to be sure it's available won't + hurt anything. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Data::Dumper is used by the MySQL related Perl modules. It can be + found on CPAN (link in Appendix A) and can be installed by following + the same four step make sequence used for the DBI module. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>MySQL related Perl Module Collection</TITLE> + <PARA> + The Perl/MySQL interface requires a few mutually-dependent perl + modules. These modules are grouped together into the the + Msql-Mysql-modules package. This package can be found at CPAN. + After the archive file has been downloaded it should + be untarred. + </PARA> + <PARA> + The MySQL modules are all built using one make file which is generated + by running: + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>perl Makefile.pl</COMMAND> + </PARA> + <PARA> + The MakeMaker process will ask you a few questions about the desired + compilation target and your MySQL installation. For many of the questions + the provided default will be adequate. + </PARA> + <PARA> + When asked if your desired target is the MySQL or mSQL packages + selected the MySQL related ones. Later you will be asked if you wish + to provide backwards compatibility with the older MySQL packages; you + must answer YES to this question. The default will be no, and if you + select it things won't work later. + </PARA> + <PARA> + A host of 'localhost' should be fine and a testing user of 'test' and + a null password should find itself with sufficient access to run tests + on the 'test' database which MySQL created upon installation. If 'make + test' and 'make install' go through without errors you should be ready + to go as far as database connectivity is concerned. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>TimeDate Perl Module Collection</TITLE> + <PARA> + Many of the more common date/time/calendar related Perl modules have + been grouped into a bundle similar to the MySQL modules bundle. This + bundle is stored on the CPAN under the name TimeDate. A (hopefully + current) link can be found in Appendix A. The component module we're + most interested in is the Date::Format module, but installing all of them + is probably a good idea anyway. The standard Perl module installation + instructions should work perfectly for this simple package. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + <SECTION> + <TITLE>GD Perl Module (1.8.3)</TITLE> + <PARA> + The GD library was written by Thomas Boutell a long while ago to + programatically generate images in C. Since then it's become almost a + defacto standard for programatic image construction. The Perl bindings + to it found in the GD library are used on a million web pages to generate + graphs on the fly. That's what bugzilla will be using it for so you'd + better install it if you want any of the graphing to work. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Actually bugzilla uses the Graph module which relies on GD itself, + but isn't that always the way with OOP. At any rate, you can find the + GD library on CPAN (link in Appendix "Required Software"). + </PARA> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + The Perl GD library requires some other libraries that may or may not be + installed on your system, including "libpng" and "libgd". The full requirements + are listed in the Perl GD library README. Just realize that if compiling GD fails, + it's probably because you're missing a required library. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Chart::Base Perl Module (0.99c)</TITLE> + <PARA> + The Chart module provides bugzilla with on-the-fly charting + abilities. It can be installed in the usual fashion after it has been + fetched from CPAN where it is found as the Chart-x.x... tarball in a + directory to be listed in Appendix "Required Software". Note that as with the GD perl + module, only the specific versions listed above (or newer) will work. Earlier + versions used GIF's, which are no longer supported by the latest + versions of GD. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>DB_File Perl Module</TITLE> + <PARA> + DB_File is a module which allows Perl programs to make use of the facilities provided by + Berkeley DB version 1.x. This module is required by collectstats.pl which is used for + bug charting. If you plan to make use of bug charting, you must install this module. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>HTTP Server</TITLE> + <PARA> + You have a freedom of choice here - Apache, Netscape or any other + server on UNIX would do. You can easily run the web server on a different + machine than MySQL, but need to adjust the MySQL "bugs" user permissions + accordingly. + </PARA> + <PARA> + You'll want to make sure that your web server will run any file + with the .cgi extension as a cgi and not just display it. If you're using + apache that means uncommenting the following line in the srm.conf file: + <COMPUTEROUTPUT>AddHandler cgi-script .cgi</COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + <PARA> + With apache you'll also want to make sure that within the access.conf + file the line: + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + Options ExecCGI + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + is in the stanza that covers the directories you intend to put the bugzilla + .html and .cgi files into. + </PARA> + <PARA> + If you are using a newer version of Apache, both of the above lines will be + (or will need to be) in the httpd.conf file, rather than srm.conf or + access.conf. + </PARA> + <WARNING> + <PARA> + There are two critical directories and a file that should not be a served by + the HTTP server. These are the 'data' and 'shadow' directories and the + 'localconfig' file. You should configure your HTTP server to not serve + content from these files. Failure to do so will expose critical passwords + and other data. Please see your HTTP server configuration manual on how + to do this. If you use quips (at the top of the buglist pages) you will want + the 'data/comments' file to still be served. This file contains those quips. + </PARA> + </WARNING> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Installing the Bugzilla Files</TITLE> + <PARA> + You should untar the Bugzilla files into a directory that you're + willing to make writable by the default web server user (probably + 'nobody'). You may decide to put the files off of the main web space + for your web server or perhaps off of /usr/local with a symbolic link + in the web space that points to the bugzilla directory. At any rate, + just dump all the files in the same place (optionally omitting the CVS + directories if they were accidentally tarred up with the rest of Bugzilla) + and make sure you can access the files in that directory through your + web server. + </PARA> + <TIP> + <PARA> + HINT: If you symlink the bugzilla directory into your Apache's + HTML heirarchy, you may receive "Forbidden" errors unless you + add the "FollowSymLinks" directive to the <Directory> entry + for the HTML root. + </PARA> + </TIP> + <PARA> + Once all the files are in a web accessible directory, make that + directory writable by your webserver's user (which may require just + making it world writable). This is a temporary step until you run + the post-install "checksetup.pl" script, which locks down your + installation. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Lastly, you'll need to set up a symbolic link from /usr/bonsaitools/bin + to the correct location of your perl executable (probably /usr/bin/perl). + Otherwise you must hack all the .cgi files to change where they look + for perl. To make future upgrades easier, you should use the symlink + approach. + <TIP> + <PARA> + If you don't have root access to set this symlink up, check out the + "setperl.csh" utility, listed in the Patches section of this + Guide. It will change the path to perl in all your Bugzilla files for + you. + </PARA> + </TIP> + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Setting Up the MySQL Database</TITLE> + <PARA> + After you've gotten all the software installed and working you're ready + to start preparing the database for its life as a the back end to a high + quality bug tracker. + </PARA> + <PARA> + First, you'll want to fix MySQL permissions to allow access from + Bugzilla. For the purpose of this Installation section, the Bugzilla username + will be "bugs", and will have minimal permissions. Bugzilla has + not undergone a thorough security audit. It may be possible for + a system cracker to somehow trick Bugzilla into executing a command + such as "; DROP DATABASE mysql". + </PARA> + <PARA> + That would be bad. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Give the MySQL root user a password. MySQL passwords are + limited to 16 characters. + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>mysql -u root mysql</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND> + UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD ('new_password') + WHERE user='root'; + </COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + From this point on, if you need to access MySQL as the + MySQL root user, you will need to use "mysql -u root -p" and + enter your new_password. Remember that MySQL user names have + nothing to do with Unix user names (login names). + </PARA> + <PARA> + Next, we create the "bugs" user, and grant sufficient + permissions for checksetup.pl, which we'll use later, to work + its magic. This also restricts the "bugs" user to operations + within a database called "bugs", and only allows the account + to connect from "localhost". Modify it to reflect your setup + if you will be connecting from another machine or as a different + user. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Remember to set bugs_password to some unique password. + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,INDEX, + ALTER,CREATE,DROP,REFERENCES + ON bugs.* TO bugs@localhost + IDENTIFIED BY 'bugs_password';</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT> + mysql> + </PROMPT> + <COMMAND> + FLUSH PRIVILEGES; + </COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + </PARA> + <PARA> + Next, run the magic checksetup.pl script. (Many thanks to Holger + Schurig <holgerschurig@nikocity.de> for writing this script!) + It will make sure Bugzilla files and directories have reasonable + permissions, set up the "data" directory, and create all the MySQL + tables. + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>./checksetup.pl</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + The first time you run it, it will create a file called "localconfig". + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Tweaking "localconfig"</TITLE> + <PARA> + This file contains a variety of settings you may need to tweak including + how Bugzilla should connect to the MySQL database. + </PARA> + <PARA> + The connection settings include: + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + server's host: just use "localhost" if the MySQL server is + local + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + database name: "bugs" if you're following these directions + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + MySQL username: "bugs" if you're following these directions + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Password for the "bugs" MySQL account above + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + </PARA> + <PARA> + Once you are happy with the settings, re-run checksetup.pl. On this + second run, it will create the database and an administrator account + for which you will be prompted to provide information. + </PARA> + <PARA> + When logged into an administrator account once Bugzilla is running, + if you go to the query page (off of the bugzilla main menu), you'll + find an 'edit parameters' option that is filled with editable treats. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Should everything work, you should have a nearly empty copy of the bug + tracking setup. + </PARA> + <PARA> + The second time around, checksetup.pl will stall if it is on a + filesystem that does not fully support file locking via flock(), such as + NFS mounts. This support is required for Bugzilla to operate safely with + multiple instances. If flock() is not fully supported, it will stall at: + <ERRORCODE>Now regenerating the shadow database for all bugs.</ERRORCODE> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + The second time you run checksetup.pl, it is recommended you be the same + user as your web server runs under, and that you be sure you have set the + "webservergroup" parameter in localconfig to match the web server's group + name, if any. Under some systems, otherwise, checksetup.pl will goof up + your file permissions and make them unreadable to your web server. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </PARA> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + The checksetup.pl script is designed so that you can run it at any time + without causing harm. You should run it after any upgrade to Bugzilla. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Setting Up Maintainers Manuall (Optional)</TITLE> + <PARA> + If you want to add someone else to every group by hand, you can do it + by typing the appropriate MySQL commands. Run '<COMPUTEROUTPUT> + mysql -u root -p bugs</COMPUTEROUTPUT>' + (you may need different parameters, depending on your security settings + according to section 3, above). Then: + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>update profiles set groupset=0x7fffffffffffffff + where login_name = 'XXX';</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + replacing XXX with the Bugzilla email address. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>The Whining Cron (Optional)</TITLE> + <PARA> + By now you've got a fully functional bugzilla, but what good are bugs + if they're not annoying? To help make those bugs more annoying you can + set up bugzilla's automatic whining system. This can be done by adding + the following command as a daily crontab entry (for help on that see that + crontab man page): + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <COMMAND>cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./whineatnews.pl</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Bug Graphs (Optional)</TITLE> + <PARA> + As long as you installed the GD and Graph::Base Perl modules you might + as well turn on the nifty bugzilla bug reporting graphs. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Add a cron entry like this to run collectstats daily at 5 after midnight: + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>crontab -e</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + 5 0 * * * cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./collectstats.pl + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + </PARA> + <PARA> + After two days have passed you'll be able to view bug graphs from the + Bug Reports page. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Securing MySQL</TITLE> + <PARA> + If you followed the README for setting up your "bugs" and "root" user in + MySQL, much of this should not apply to you. If you are upgrading + an existing installation of Bugzilla, you should pay close attention + to this section. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Most MySQL installs have "interesting" default security parameters: + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER>mysqld defaults to running as root</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>it defaults to allowing external network connections</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>it has a known port number, and is easy to detect</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>it defaults to no passwords whatsoever</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>it defaults to allowing "File_Priv"</MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + </PARA> + <PARA> + This means anyone from anywhere on the internet can not only drop the + database with one SQL command, and they can write as root to the system. + </PARA> + <PARA> + To see your permissions do: + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>bash#</PROMPT> + <COMMAND>mysql -u root -p</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>use mysql;</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>show tables;</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>select * from user;</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + <MEMBER> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>select * from db;</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + </PARA> + <PARA> + To fix the gaping holes: + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER>DELETE FROM user WHERE User='';</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('new_password') WHERE user='root';</MEMBER> + <MEMBER> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + </PARA> + <PARA> + If you're not running "mit-pthreads" you can use: + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER>GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO bugs@localhost;</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>GRANT ALL ON bugs.* TO bugs@localhost;</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>REVOKE DROP ON bugs.* FROM bugs@localhost;</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + </PARA> + <PARA> + With "mit-pthreads" you'll need to modify the "globals.pl" Mysql->Connect + line to specify a specific host name instead of "localhost", and accept + external connections: + <SIMPLELIST> + <MEMBER>GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO bugs@bounce.hop.com;</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>GRANT ALL ON bugs.* TO bugs@bounce.hop.com;</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>REVOKE DROP ON bugs.* FROM bugs@bounce.hop.com;</MEMBER> + <MEMBER>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</MEMBER> + </SIMPLELIST> + </PARA> + <PARA> + Consider also: + <ORDEREDLIST> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + Turning off external networking with "--skip-networking", + unless you have "mit-pthreads", in which case you can't. + Without networking, MySQL connects with a Unix domain socket. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + using the --user= option to mysqld to run it as an unprivileged + user. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + starting MySQL in a chroot jail + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + running the httpd in a "chrooted" jail + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + making sure the MySQL passwords are different from the OS + passwords (MySQL "root" has nothing to do with system "root"). + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + running MySQL on a separate untrusted machine + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + making backups ;-) + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </ORDEREDLIST> + </PARA> + </SECTION> - <section id="postgresql"> - <title>PostgreSQL</title> - <section> - <title>Add a User to PostgreSQL</title> - - <para>You need to add a new user to PostgreSQL for the Bugzilla - application to use when accessing the database. The following instructions - assume the defaults in <filename>localconfig</filename>; if you - changed those, you need to modify the commands appropriately. You will - need the <replaceable>$db_pass</replaceable> password you - set in <filename>localconfig</filename> in - <xref linkend="localconfig"/>.</para> - - <para>On most systems, to create the user in PostgreSQL, you will need to - login as the root user, and then</para> - - <screen> <prompt>bash#</prompt> su - postgres</screen> - - <para>As the postgres user, you then need to create a new user: </para> - - <screen> <prompt>bash$</prompt> createuser -U postgres -dAP bugs</screen> - - <para>When asked for a password, provide the password which will be set as - <replaceable>$db_pass</replaceable> in <filename>localconfig</filename>. - The created user will have the ability to create databases and will not be - able to create new users.</para> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Configure PostgreSQL</title> + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Installation General Notes</TITLE> + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Modifying Your Running System</TITLE> + <PARA> + Bugzilla optimizes database lookups by storing all relatively static + information in the versioncache file, located in the data/ subdirectory + under your installation directory (we said before it needs to be writable, + right?!) + </PARA> + <PARA> + If you make a change to the structural data in your database (the + versions table for example), or to the "constants" encoded in + defparams.pl, you will need to remove the cached content from the data + directory (by doing a "rm data/versioncache"), or your changes won't show + up! + </PARA> + <PARA> + That file gets automatically regenerated whenever it's more than an + hour old, so Bugzilla will eventually notice your changes by itself, but + generally you want it to notice right away, so that you can test things. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + <SECTION> + <TITLE>Upgrading From Previous Versions</TITLE> + <PARA> + The developers of Bugzilla are constantly adding new tables, columns and + fields. You'll get SQL errors if you just update the code. The strategy + to update is to simply always run the checksetup.pl script whenever + you upgrade your installation of Bugzilla. If you want to see what has + changed, you can read the comments in that file, starting from the end. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + <SECTION> + <TITLE>UNIX Installation Instructions History</TITLE> + <PARA> + This document was originally adapted from the Bonsai installation + instructions by Terry Weissman <terry@mozilla.org>. + </PARA> + <PARA> + The February 25, 1999 re-write of this page was done by Ry4an Brase + <ry4an@ry4an.org>, with some edits by Terry Weissman, Bryce Nesbitt, + Martin Pool, & Dan Mosedale (But don't send bug reports to them! + Report them using bugzilla, at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi , + project Webtools, component Bugzilla). + </PARA> + <PARA> + This document was heavily modified again Wednesday, March 07 2001 to + reflect changes for Bugzilla 2.12 release by Matthew P. Barnson. The + securing MySQL section should be changed to become standard procedure + for Bugzilla installations. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Finally, the README in its entirety was marked up in SGML and included into + the Guide on April 24, 2001. + </PARA> + <PARA> + Comments from people using this Guide for the first time are particularly welcome. + </PARA> + </SECTION> + </SECTION> + + </SECTION> + </SECTION> + + <SECTION id="README.windows"> + <TITLE>Win32 (Win98+/NT/2K) Installation</TITLE> + <PARA> + These directions have <EMPHASIS>not</EMPHASIS> been extensively tested. + We need testers! Please try these out and post any changes to the + newsgroup. + </PARA> + <SECTION id="ntverified"> + <TITLE>Win32 Installation: Step-by-step</TITLE> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + You should be familiar with, and cross-reference, the UNIX README + while performing your Win32 installation. Unfortunately, Win32 + directions are not yet as detailed as those for UNIX. + </PARA> + <PARA> + The <EMPHASIS>most critical</EMPHASIS> difference for Win32 users is + the lack of support for a crypt() function in MySQL for Windows. It does not + have it! All ENCRYPT statements must be modified. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + + <PROCEDURE> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Install <ULINK URL="http://www.apache.org/">Apache Web Server</ULINK> + for Windows. + </PARA> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + You may also use Internet Information Server or Personal Web + Server for this purpose. However, setup is slightly more + difficult. If ActivePerl doesn't seem to handle your file + associations correctly (for .cgi and .pl files), please + consult the FAQ, in the "Win32" section. + </PARA> + <PARA> + If you are going to use IIS, if on Windows NT you must be updated + to at least Service Pack 4. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Install <ULINK URL="http://www.activestate.com/">ActivePerl</ULINK> + </PARA> + <PARA> + Please also check the following links to fully understand the status + of ActivePerl on Win32: + <ULINK URL="http://language.perl.com/newdocs/pod/perlport.html"> + Perl Porting</ULINK>, and + <ULINK URL="http://ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/perl/ports/nt/FAQ/perlwin32faq5.html"> + Hixie Click Here</ULINK> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Use ppm from your perl\bin directory to install the following packs: DBI, + DBD-Mysql, TimeDate, Chart, Date-Calc, Date-Manip, and GD. You may need + to extract them from .zip format using Winzip or other unzip program first. + These additional ppm modules can be downloaded from ActiveState. + </PARA> + <PARA> + The syntax for ppm is: + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>C:> </PROMPT><COMMAND>ppm install <module>.ppd</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + <PARA> + You can find ActiveState ppm modules at + <ULINK URL="http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus/"> + http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus</ULINK> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Download and install the Windows GNU tools from + <ULINK URL="http://www.cygwin.com/">www.cygwin.com</ULINK>. + Make sure the GNU utilities are in your $PATH. + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Install MySQL for NT. + <NOTE> + <PARA> + Your configuration file for MySQL <EMPHASIS>must</EMPHASIS> be named C:\MY.CNF. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Setup MySQL + </PARA> + <SUBSTEPS> + <STEP> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>C:> </PROMPT> + <COMMAND>C:\mysql\bin\mysql -u root mysql</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>DELETE FROM user WHERE Host='localhost' AND User='';</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD ('new_password') + WHERE user='root';</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, + INDEX, ALTER, CREATE, DROP, REFERENCES + ON bugs.* to bugs@localhost + IDENTIFIED BY 'bugs_password';</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>create database bugs;</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>mysql></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>exit</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + <COMPUTEROUTPUT> + <PROMPT>C:></PROMPT> + <COMMAND>C:\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root -p reload</COMMAND> + </COMPUTEROUTPUT> + </PARA> + </STEP> + </SUBSTEPS> + </STEP> + + <STEP> + <PARA> + Configure Bugzilla. For Win32, this involves editing "defparams.pl" + and "localconfig" to taste. Running "checksetup.pl" should create + localconfig for you. Note that getgrnam() doesn't work, and should be + deleted. Change this line: + "my $webservergid = getgrnam($my_webservergroup); " + to + "my $webservergid = $my_webservergroup; " + </PARA> + </STEP> + + <STEP> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + There are several alternatives to Sendmail that will work on Win32. + The one mentioned here is a <EMPHASIS>suggestion</EMPHASIS>, not + a requirement. Some other mail packages that can work include + <ULINK URL="http://www.blat.net/">BLAT</ULINK>, + <ULINK URL="http://www.geocel.com/windmail/">Windmail</ULINK>, + <ULINK URL="http://www.dynamicstate.com/">Mercury Sendmail</ULINK>, + and the CPAN Net::SMTP Perl module (available in .ppm). + Every option requires some hacking of the Perl scripts for Bugzilla + to make it work. The option here simply requires the least. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + <PARA> + Download NTsendmail, available from<ULINK URL="http://www.ntsendmail.com/"> + www.ntsendmail.com</ULINK>. In order for it to work, you must set up some + new environment variables (detailed on the ntsendmail home page). Figuring + out where to put those variables is left as an exercise for the reader. + You must have a "real" mail server which allows you to relay off it + in your $ENV{"NTsendmail"} (which you should probably place in globals.pl) + </PARA> + <PARA> + Once downloaded and installed, modify all open(SENDMAIL) calls to open + "| c:\ntsendmail\ntsendmail -t" instead of "|/usr/lib/sendmail -t". + </PARA> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + We need someone to test this and make sure this works as advertised. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Modify globals.pl and CGI.pl to remove the word "encrypt". + </PARA> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + I'm not sure this is all that is involved to remove crypt. Any + NT Bugzilla hackers want to pipe up? + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Change all references to "processmail" to "processmail.pl" in + all files, and rename "processmail" to "processmail.pl" + </PARA> + <NOTE> + <PARA> + I really think this may be a change we want to make for + main-tree Bugzilla. It's painless for the UNIX folks, + and will make the Win32 people happier. + </PARA> + </NOTE> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + Modify the path to perl on the first line (#!) of all files + to point to your Perl installation, and + add "perl" to the beginning of all Perl system calls that + use a perl script as an argument. This may take you a while. + There is a "setperl.pl" utility to speed part of this procedure, + available in the "Patches and Utilities" section of The Bugzilla Guide. + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + In processmail.pl, add "binmode(HANDLE)" before all read() calls. + This may not be necessary, but in some cases the read() under + Win32 doesn't count the EOL's without using a binary read(). + </PARA> + </STEP> + </PROCEDURE> + + </SECTION> + + <SECTION id="addlwintips"> + <TITLE>Additional Windows Tips</TITLE> + <TIP> + <PARA> + From Andrew Pearson: + <BLOCKQUOTE> + <PARA> + "You can make Bugzilla work with Personal Web Server for + Windows 98 and higher, as well as for IIS 4.0. Microsoft has + information available at + <ULINK URL=" http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q231/9/98.ASP"> + http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q231/9/98.ASP</ULINK> + </PARA> + <PARA> + Basically you need to add two String Keys in the + registry at the following location: + </PARA> + <PARA> + HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters\ScriptMap + </PARA> + <PARA> + The keys should be called ".pl" and ".cgi", and both + should have a value something like: + <COMMAND>c:/perl/bin/perl.exe "%s" "%s"</COMMAND> + </PARA> + <PARA> + The KB article only talks about .pl, but it goes into + more detail and provides a perl test script. + </PARA> + </BLOCKQUOTE> + </PARA> + </TIP> + <TIP> + <PARA>"Brian" had this to add, about upgrading to Bugzilla 2.12 from previous versions:</PARA> + <BLOCKQUOTE> + <PARA> + Hi - I am updating bugzilla to 2.12 so I can tell you what I did (after I + deleted the current dir and copied the files in). + </PARA> + <PARA> + In checksetup.pl, I did the following... + </PARA> + <PROCEDURE> + <STEP> + <PROGRAMLISTING> +my $webservergid = getgrnam($my_webservergroup); + </PROGRAMLISTING> + <PARA>to</PARA> + <PROGRAMLISTING> +my $webservergid = 'Administrators' + </PROGRAMLISTING> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + I then ran checksetup.pl + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + I removed all the encrypt() + <EXAMPLE> + <TITLE>Removing encrypt() for Windows NT installations</TITLE> + <PARA> + Replace this: + <PROGRAMLISTING> +SendSQL("SELECT encrypt(" . SqlQuote($enteredpwd) . ", " . + SqlQuote(substr($realcryptpwd, 0, 2)) . ")"); +my $enteredcryptpwd = FetchOneColumn(); + </PROGRAMLISTING> + with this: + <PROGRAMLISTING> +my $enteredcryptpwd = $enteredpwd + </PROGRAMLISTING> + in cgi.pl. + </PARA> + </EXAMPLE> + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + I renamed processmail to processmail.pl + </PARA> + </STEP> + <STEP> + <PARA> + I altered the sendmail statements to windmail: + <PROGRAMLISTING> +open SENDMAIL, "|\"C:/General/Web/tools/Windmail 4.0 Beta/windmail\" -t > mail.log"; + </PROGRAMLISTING> + </PARA> + <PARA> + The quotes around the dir is for the spaces. mail.log is for the output + </PARA> + </STEP> + </PROCEDURE> + </BLOCKQUOTE> + </TIP> + </SECTION> + </SECTION> +</CHAPTER> - <para>Now, you will need to edit <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename> which is - usually located in <filename>/var/lib/pgsql/data/</filename>. In this file, - you will need to add a new line to it as follows:</para> - <para> - <computeroutput>host all bugs 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 md5</computeroutput> - </para> - - <para>This means that for TCP/IP (host) connections, allow connections from - '127.0.0.1' to 'all' databases on this server from the 'bugs' user, and use - password authentication (md5) for that user.</para> - <para>Now, you will need to restart PostgreSQL, but you will need to fully - stop and start the server rather than just restarting due to the possibility - of a change to <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>. After the server has - restarted, you will need to edit <filename>localconfig</filename>, finding - the <literal>$db_driver</literal> variable and setting it to - <literal>Pg</literal> and changing the password in <literal>$db_pass</literal> - to the one you picked previously, while setting up the account.</para> - </section> - </section> - </section> - <section> - <title>checksetup.pl</title> - - <para> - Next, rerun <filename>checksetup.pl</filename>. It reconfirms - that all the modules are present, and notices the altered - localconfig file, which it assumes you have edited to your - satisfaction. It compiles the UI templates, - connects to the database using the 'bugs' - user you created and the password you defined, and creates the - 'bugs' database and the tables therein. - </para> - - <para> - After that, it asks for details of an administrator account. Bugzilla - can have multiple administrators - you can create more later - but - it needs one to start off with. - Enter the email address of an administrator, his or her full name, - and a suitable Bugzilla password. - </para> - - <para> - <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> will then finish. You may rerun - <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> at any time if you wish. - </para> - </section> - - - <section id="http"> - <title>Web server</title> - <para> - Configure your web server according to the instructions in the - appropriate section. (If it makes a difference in your choice, - the Bugzilla Team recommends Apache.) To check whether your web server - is correctly configured, try to access <filename>testagent.cgi</filename> - from your web server. If "OK" is displayed, then your configuration - is successful. Regardless of which web server - you are using, however, ensure that sensitive information is - not remotely available by properly applying the access controls in - <xref linkend="security-webserver-access"/>. You can run - <filename>testserver.pl</filename> to check if your web server serves - Bugzilla files as expected. - </para> - - <section id="http-apache"> - <title>Bugzilla using Apache</title> - <para>You have two options for running Bugzilla under Apache - - <link linkend="http-apache-mod_cgi">mod_cgi</link> (the default) and - <link linkend="http-apache-mod_perl">mod_perl</link> (new in Bugzilla - 2.23) - </para> - <section id="http-apache-mod_cgi"> - <title>Apache <productname>httpd</productname> with mod_cgi</title> - - <para> - To configure your Apache web server to work with Bugzilla while using - mod_cgi, do the following: - </para> - - <procedure> - <step> - <para> - Load <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in your editor. - In Fedora and Red Hat Linux, this file is found in - <filename class="directory">/etc/httpd/conf</filename>. - </para> - </step> - - <step> - <para> - Apache uses <computeroutput><Directory></computeroutput> - directives to permit fine-grained permission setting. Add the - following lines to a directive that applies to the location - of your Bugzilla installation. (If such a section does not - exist, you'll want to add one.) In this example, Bugzilla has - been installed at - <filename class="directory">/var/www/html/bugzilla</filename>. - </para> - - <programlisting> - <Directory /var/www/html/bugzilla> - AddHandler cgi-script .cgi - Options +Indexes +ExecCGI - DirectoryIndex index.cgi - AllowOverride Limit - </Directory> - </programlisting> - - <para> - These instructions: allow apache to run .cgi files found - within the bugzilla directory; instructs the server to look - for a file called <filename>index.cgi</filename> if someone - only types the directory name into the browser; and allows - Bugzilla's <filename>.htaccess</filename> files to override - global permissions. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - It is possible to make these changes globally, or to the - directive controlling Bugzilla's parent directory (e.g. - <computeroutput><Directory /var/www/html/></computeroutput>). - Such changes would also apply to the Bugzilla directory... - but they would also apply to many other places where they - may or may not be appropriate. In most cases, including - this one, it is better to be as restrictive as possible - when granting extra access. - </para> - </note> - </step> - - <step> - <para> - <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> can set tighter permissions - on Bugzilla's files and directories if it knows what group the - web server runs as. Find the <computeroutput>Group</computeroutput> - line in <filename>httpd.conf</filename>, place the value found - there in the <replaceable>$webservergroup</replaceable> variable - in <filename>localconfig</filename>, then rerun - <filename>checksetup.pl</filename>. - </para> - </step> - - <step> - <para> - Optional: If Bugzilla does not actually reside in the webspace - directory, but instead has been symbolically linked there, you - will need to add the following to the - <computeroutput>Options</computeroutput> line of the Bugzilla - <computeroutput><Directory></computeroutput> directive - (the same one as in the step above): - </para> - - <programlisting> - +FollowSymLinks - </programlisting> - - <para> - Without this directive, Apache will not follow symbolic links - to places outside its own directory structure, and you will be - unable to run Bugzilla. - </para> - </step> - </procedure> - </section> - <section id="http-apache-mod_perl"> - <title>Apache <productname>httpd</productname> with mod_perl</title> - - <para>Some configuration is required to make Bugzilla work with Apache - and mod_perl</para> - - <procedure> - <step> - <para> - Load <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in your editor. - In Fedora and Red Hat Linux, this file is found in - <filename class="directory">/etc/httpd/conf</filename>. - </para> - </step> - - <step> - <para>Add the following information to your httpd.conf file, substituting - where appropriate with your own local paths.</para> - - <note> - <para>This should be used instead of the <Directory> block - shown above. This should also be above any other <literal>mod_perl</literal> - directives within the <filename>httpd.conf</filename> and must be specified - in the order as below.</para> - </note> - <warning> - <para>You should also ensure that you have disabled <literal>KeepAlive</literal> - support in your Apache install when utilizing Bugzilla under mod_perl</para> - </warning> - - <programlisting> - PerlSwitches -I/var/www/html/bugzilla -I/var/www/html/bugzilla/lib -w -T - PerlConfigRequire /var/www/html/bugzilla/mod_perl.pl - </programlisting> - </step> - - <step> - <para> - <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> can set tighter permissions - on Bugzilla's files and directories if it knows what group the - web server runs as. Find the <computeroutput>Group</computeroutput> - line in <filename>httpd.conf</filename>, place the value found - there in the <replaceable>$webservergroup</replaceable> variable - in <filename>localconfig</filename>, then rerun - <filename>checksetup.pl</filename>. - </para> - </step> - </procedure> - - <para>On restarting Apache, Bugzilla should now be running within the - mod_perl environment. Please ensure you have run checksetup.pl to set - permissions before you restart Apache.</para> - - <note> - <para>Please bear the following points in mind when looking at using - Bugzilla under mod_perl: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - mod_perl support in Bugzilla can take up a HUGE amount of RAM. You could be - looking at 30MB per httpd child, easily. Basically, you just need a lot of RAM. - The more RAM you can get, the better. mod_perl is basically trading RAM for - speed. At least 2GB total system RAM is recommended for running Bugzilla under - mod_perl. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Under mod_perl, you have to restart Apache if you make any manual change to - any Bugzilla file. You can't just reload--you have to actually - <emphasis>restart</emphasis> the server (as in make sure it stops and starts - again). You <emphasis>can</emphasis> change localconfig and the params file - manually, if you want, because those are re-read every time you load a page. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - You must run in Apache's Prefork MPM (this is the default). The Worker MPM - may not work--we haven't tested Bugzilla's mod_perl support under threads. - (And, in fact, we're fairly sure it <emphasis>won't</emphasis> work.) - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Bugzilla generally expects to be the only mod_perl application running on - your entire server. It may or may not work if there are other applications also - running under mod_perl. It does try its best to play nice with other mod_perl - applications, but it still may have conflicts. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - It is recommended that you have one Bugzilla instance running under mod_perl - on your server. Bugzilla has not been tested with more than one instance running. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </note> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="http-iis"> - <title>Microsoft <productname>Internet Information Services</productname></title> - - <para> - If you are running Bugzilla on Windows and choose to use - Microsoft's <productname>Internet Information Services</productname> - or <productname>Personal Web Server</productname> you will need - to perform a number of other configuration steps as explained below. - You may also want to refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge - Base articles: - <ulink url="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;245225">245225</ulink> - <quote>HOW TO: Configure and Test a PERL Script with IIS 4.0, - 5.0, and 5.1</quote> (for <productname>Internet Information - Services</productname>) and - <ulink url="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;231998">231998</ulink> - <quote>HOW TO: FP2000: How to Use Perl with Microsoft Personal Web - Server on Windows 95/98</quote> (for <productname>Personal Web - Server</productname>). - </para> - - <para> - You will need to create a virtual directory for the Bugzilla - install. Put the Bugzilla files in a directory that is named - something <emphasis>other</emphasis> than what you want your - end-users accessing. That is, if you want your users to access - your Bugzilla installation through - <quote>http://<yourdomainname>/Bugzilla</quote>, then do - <emphasis>not</emphasis> put your Bugzilla files in a directory - named <quote>Bugzilla</quote>. Instead, place them in a different - location, and then use the IIS Administration tool to create a - Virtual Directory named "Bugzilla" that acts as an alias for the - actual location of the files. When creating that virtual directory, - make sure you add the <quote>Execute (such as ISAPI applications or - CGI)</quote> access permission. - </para> - - <para> - You will also need to tell IIS how to handle Bugzilla's - .cgi files. Using the IIS Administration tool again, open up - the properties for the new virtual directory and select the - Configuration option to access the Script Mappings. Create an - entry mapping .cgi to: - </para> - - <programlisting> -<full path to perl.exe >\perl.exe -x<full path to Bugzilla> -wT "%s" %s - </programlisting> - - <para> - For example: - </para> - - <programlisting> -c:\perl\bin\perl.exe -xc:\bugzilla -wT "%s" %s - </programlisting> - - <note> - <para> - The ActiveState install may have already created an entry for - .pl files that is limited to <quote>GET,HEAD,POST</quote>. If - so, this mapping should be <emphasis>removed</emphasis> as - Bugzilla's .pl files are not designed to be run via a web server. - </para> - </note> - - <para> - IIS will also need to know that the index.cgi should be treated - as a default document. On the Documents tab page of the virtual - directory properties, you need to add index.cgi as a default - document type. If you wish, you may remove the other default - document types for this particular virtual directory, since Bugzilla - doesn't use any of them. - </para> - - <para> - Also, and this can't be stressed enough, make sure that files - such as <filename>localconfig</filename> and your - <filename class="directory">data</filename> directory are - secured as described in <xref linkend="security-webserver-access"/>. - </para> - - </section> - - </section> - - <section id="install-config-bugzilla"> - <title>Bugzilla</title> - - <para> - Your Bugzilla should now be working. Access - <filename>http://<your-bugzilla-server>/</filename> - - you should see the Bugzilla - front page. If not, consult the Troubleshooting section, - <xref linkend="troubleshooting"/>. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - The URL above may be incorrect if you installed Bugzilla into a - subdirectory or used a symbolic link from your web site root to - the Bugzilla directory. - </para> - </note> - - <para> - Log in with the administrator account you defined in the last - <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> run. You should go through - the parameters on the Edit Parameters page - (see link in the footer) and see if there are any you wish to - change. - They key parameters are documented in <xref linkend="parameters"/>; - you should certainly alter - <command>maintainer</command> and <command>urlbase</command>; - you may also want to alter - <command>cookiepath</command> or <command>requirelogin</command>. - </para> - - <para> - This would also be a good time to revisit the - <filename>localconfig</filename> file and make sure that the - names of the priorities, severities, platforms and operating systems - are those you wish to use when you start creating bugs. Remember - to rerun <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> if you change it. - </para> - - <para> - Bugzilla has several optional features which require extra - configuration. You can read about those in - <xref linkend="extraconfig"/>. - </para> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="extraconfig"> - <title>Optional Additional Configuration</title> - - <para> - Bugzilla has a number of optional features. This section describes how - to configure or enable them. - </para> - - <section> - <title>Bug Graphs</title> - - <para>If you have installed the necessary Perl modules you - can start collecting statistics for the nifty Bugzilla - graphs.</para> - - <screen><prompt>bash#</prompt> <command>crontab -e</command></screen> - - <para> - This should bring up the crontab file in your editor. - Add a cron entry like this to run - <filename>collectstats.pl</filename> - daily at 5 after midnight: - </para> - - <programlisting>5 0 * * * cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./collectstats.pl</programlisting> - - <para> - After two days have passed you'll be able to view bug graphs from - the Reports page. - </para> - - <para> - When upgrading Bugzilla, this format may change. - To create new status data, (re)move old data and run the following - commands: - </para> - - <screen> - <prompt>bash$</prompt> - <command>cd <your-bugzilla-directory></command> - <prompt>bash$</prompt> - <command>./collectstats.pl --regenerate</command> - </screen> - - <note> - <para> - Windows does not have 'cron', but it does have the Task - Scheduler, which performs the same duties. There are also - third-party tools that can be used to implement cron, such as - <ulink url="http://www.nncron.ru/">nncron</ulink>. - </para> - </note> - </section> - - <section id="installation-whining-cron"> - <title>The Whining Cron</title> - - <para>What good are - bugs if they're not annoying? To help make them more so you - can set up Bugzilla's automatic whining system to complain at engineers - which leave their bugs in the NEW or REOPENED state without triaging them. - </para> - <para> - This can be done by adding the following command as a daily - crontab entry, in the same manner as explained above for bug - graphs. This example runs it at 12.55am. - </para> - - <programlisting>55 0 * * * cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./whineatnews.pl</programlisting> - - <note> - <para> - Windows does not have 'cron', but it does have the Task - Scheduler, which performs the same duties. There are also - third-party tools that can be used to implement cron, such as - <ulink url="http://www.nncron.ru/">nncron</ulink>. - </para> - </note> - </section> - - <section id="installation-whining"> - <title>Whining</title> - - <para> - As of Bugzilla 2.20, users can configure Bugzilla to regularly annoy - them at regular intervals, by having Bugzilla execute saved searches - at certain times and emailing the results to the user. This is known - as "Whining". The process of configuring Whining is described - in <xref linkend="whining"/>, but for it to work a Perl script must be - executed at regular intervals. - </para> - - <para> - This can be done by adding the following command as a daily - crontab entry, in the same manner as explained above for bug - graphs. This example runs it every 15 minutes. - </para> - - <programlisting>*/15 * * * * cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./whine.pl</programlisting> - - <note> - <para> - Whines can be executed as often as every 15 minutes, so if you specify - longer intervals between executions of whine.pl, some users may not - be whined at as often as they would expect. Depending on the person, - this can either be a very Good Thing or a very Bad Thing. - </para> - </note> - - <note> - <para> - Windows does not have 'cron', but it does have the Task - Scheduler, which performs the same duties. There are also - third-party tools that can be used to implement cron, such as - <ulink url="http://www.nncron.ru/">nncron</ulink>. - </para> - </note> - </section> - - <section id="apache-addtype"> - <title>Serving Alternate Formats with the right MIME type</title> - - <para> - Some Bugzilla pages have alternate formats, other than just plain - <acronym>HTML</acronym>. In particular, a few Bugzilla pages can - output their contents as either <acronym>XUL</acronym> (a special - Mozilla format, that looks like a program <acronym>GUI</acronym>) - or <acronym>RDF</acronym> (a type of structured <acronym>XML</acronym> - that can be read by various programs). - </para> - <para> - In order for your users to see these pages correctly, Apache must - send them with the right <acronym>MIME</acronym> type. To do this, - add the following lines to your Apache configuration, either in the - <computeroutput><VirtualHost></computeroutput> section for your - Bugzilla, or in the <computeroutput><Directory></computeroutput> - section for your Bugzilla: - </para> - <para> - <screen>AddType application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml .xul -AddType application/rdf+xml .rdf</screen> - </para> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="multiple-bz-dbs"> - <title>Multiple Bugzilla databases with a single installation</title> - - <para>The previous instructions referred to a standard installation, with - one unique Bugzilla database. However, you may want to host several - distinct installations, without having several copies of the code. This is - possible by using the PROJECT environment variable. When accessed, - Bugzilla checks for the existence of this variable, and if present, uses - its value to check for an alternative configuration file named - <filename>localconfig.<PROJECT></filename> in the same location as - the default one (<filename>localconfig</filename>). It also checks for - customized templates in a directory named - <filename><PROJECT></filename> in the same location as the - default one (<filename>template/<langcode></filename>). By default - this is <filename>template/en/default</filename> so PROJECT's templates - would be located at <filename>template/en/PROJECT</filename>.</para> - - <para>To set up an alternate installation, just export PROJECT=foo before - running <command>checksetup.pl</command> for the first time. It will - result in a file called <filename>localconfig.foo</filename> instead of - <filename>localconfig</filename>. Edit this file as described above, with - reference to a new database, and re-run <command>checksetup.pl</command> - to populate it. That's all.</para> - - <para>Now you have to configure the web server to pass this environment - variable when accessed via an alternate URL, such as virtual host for - instance. The following is an example of how you could do it in Apache, - other Webservers may differ. -<programlisting> -<VirtualHost 212.85.153.228:80> - ServerName foo.bar.baz - SetEnv PROJECT foo - Alias /bugzilla /var/www/bugzilla -</VirtualHost> -</programlisting> - </para> - - <para>Don't forget to also export this variable before accessing Bugzilla - by other means, such as cron tasks for instance.</para> - </section> - - <section id="os-specific"> - <title>OS-Specific Installation Notes</title> - - <para>Many aspects of the Bugzilla installation can be affected by the - operating system you choose to install it on. Sometimes it can be made - easier and others more difficult. This section will attempt to help you - understand both the difficulties of running on specific operating systems - and the utilities available to make it easier. - </para> - - <para>If you have anything to add or notes for an operating system not - covered, please file a bug in &bzg-bugs;. - </para> - - <section id="os-win32"> - <title>Microsoft Windows</title> - <para> - Making Bugzilla work on Windows is more difficult than making it - work on Unix. For that reason, we still recommend doing so on a Unix - based system such as GNU/Linux. That said, if you do want to get - Bugzilla running on Windows, you will need to make the following - adjustments. A detailed step-by-step - <ulink url="http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/win32install.html"> - installation guide for Windows</ulink> is also available - if you need more help with your installation. - </para> - - <section id="win32-perl"> - <title>Win32 Perl</title> - <para> - Perl for Windows can be obtained from - <ulink url="http://www.activestate.com/">ActiveState</ulink>. - You should be able to find a compiled binary at <ulink - url="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/" />. - The following instructions assume that you are using version - 5.8.1 of ActiveState. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - These instructions are for 32-bit versions of Windows. If you are - using a 64-bit version of Windows, you will need to install 32-bit - Perl in order to install the 32-bit modules as described below. - </para> - </note> - - </section> - - <section id="win32-perl-modules"> - <title>Perl Modules on Win32</title> - - <para> - Bugzilla on Windows requires the same perl modules found in - <xref linkend="install-perlmodules"/>. The main difference is that - windows uses <glossterm linkend="gloss-ppm">PPM</glossterm> instead - of CPAN. ActiveState provides a GUI to manage Perl modules. We highly - recommend that you use it. If you prefer to use ppm from the - command-line, type: - </para> - - <programlisting> -C:\perl> <command>ppm install <module name></command> - </programlisting> - - <para> - The best source for the Windows PPM modules needed for Bugzilla - is probably the theory58S website, which you can add to your list - of repositories as follows (for Perl 5.8.x): - </para> - - <programlisting> -<command>ppm repo add theory58S http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/</command> - </programlisting> - - <para> - If you are using Perl 5.10.x, you cannot use the same PPM modules as Perl - 5.8.x as they are incompatible. In this case, you should add the following - repository: - </para> - <programlisting> -<command>ppm repo add theory58S http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/</command> - </programlisting> - - <note> - <para> - In versions prior to 5.8.8 build 819 of PPM the command is - <programlisting> -<command>ppm repository add theory58S http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/</command> - </programlisting> - </para> - </note> - <note> - <para> - The PPM repository stores modules in 'packages' that may have - a slightly different name than the module. If retrieving these - modules from there, you will need to pay attention to the information - provided when you run <command>checksetup.pl</command> as it will - tell you what package you'll need to install. - </para> - </note> - - <tip> - <para> - If you are behind a corporate firewall, you will need to let the - ActiveState PPM utility know how to get through it to access - the repositories by setting the HTTP_proxy system environmental - variable. For more information on setting that variable, see - the ActiveState documentation. - </para> - </tip> - </section> - - <section id="win32-code-changes"> - <title>Code changes required to run on Win32</title> - - <para> - Bugzilla on Win32 is supported out of the box from version 2.20; this - means that no code changes are required to get Bugzilla running. - </para> - - </section> - - <section id="win32-http"> - <title>Serving the web pages</title> - - <para> - As is the case on Unix based systems, any web server should - be able to handle Bugzilla; however, the Bugzilla Team still - recommends Apache whenever asked. No matter what web server - you choose, be sure to pay attention to the security notes - in <xref linkend="security-webserver-access"/>. More - information on configuring specific web servers can be found - in <xref linkend="http"/>. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - If using Apache on windows, you can set the <ulink - url="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/core.html#scriptinterpretersource">ScriptInterpreterSource</ulink> - directive in your Apache config to avoid having to modify - the first line of every script to contain your path to Perl - instead of <filename>/usr/bin/perl</filename>. When setting - <filename>ScriptInterpreterSource</filename>, do not forget - to specify the <command>-T</command> flag to enable the taint - mode. For example: <command>C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -T</command>. - </para> - </note> - - </section> - - <section id="win32-email"> - <title>Sending Email</title> - - <para> - To enable Bugzilla to send email on Windows, the server running the - Bugzilla code must be able to connect to, or act as, an SMTP server. - </para> - - </section> - </section> - - <section id="os-macosx"> - <title><productname>Mac OS X</productname></title> - - <para>Making Bugzilla work on Mac OS X requires the following - adjustments.</para> - - <section id="macosx-sendmail"> - <title>Sendmail</title> - - <para>In Mac OS X 10.3 and later, - <ulink url="http://www.postfix.org/">Postfix</ulink> - is used as the built-in email server. Postfix provides an executable - that mimics sendmail enough to fool Bugzilla, as long as Bugzilla can - find it.</para> - - <para>As of version 2.20, Bugzilla will be able to find the fake - sendmail executable without any assistance. However, you will have - to turn on the sendmailnow parameter before you do anything that would - result in email being sent. For more information, see the description - of the sendmailnow parameter in <xref linkend="parameters"/>.</para> - - </section> - - <section id="macosx-libraries"> - <title>Libraries & Perl Modules on Mac OS X</title> - - <para>Apple does not include the GD library with Mac OS X. Bugzilla - needs this for bug graphs.</para> - - <para>You can use DarwinPorts (<ulink url="http://darwinports.com/"/>) - or Fink (<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/"/>), both - of which are similar in nature to the CPAN installer, but install - common unix programs.</para> - - <para>Follow the instructions for setting up DarwinPorts or Fink. - Once you have one installed, you'll want to use it to install the - <filename>gd2</filename> package. - </para> - - <para>Fink will prompt you for a number of dependencies, type 'y' and hit - enter to install all of the dependencies and then watch it work. You will - then be able to use <glossterm linkend="gloss-cpan">CPAN</glossterm> to - install the GD Perl module. - </para> - - <note> - <para>To prevent creating conflicts with the software that Apple - installs by default, Fink creates its own directory tree at - <filename class="directory">/sw</filename> where it installs most of - the software that it installs. This means your libraries and headers - will be at <filename class="directory">/sw/lib</filename> and - <filename class="directory">/sw/include</filename> instead of - <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> and - <filename class="directory">/usr/include</filename>. When the - Perl module config script asks where your <filename>libgd</filename> - is, be sure to tell it - <filename class="directory">/sw/lib</filename>. - </para> - </note> - - <para>Also available via DarwinPorts and Fink is - <filename>expat</filename>. After installing the expat package, you - will be able to install XML::Parser using CPAN. If you use fink, there - is one caveat. Unlike recent versions of - the GD module, XML::Parser doesn't prompt for the location of the - required libraries. When using CPAN, you will need to use the following - command sequence: - </para> - - <screen> -# perl -MCPAN -e'look XML::Parser' <co id="macosx-look"/> -# perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/sw/lib EXPATINCPATH=/sw/include -# make; make test; make install <co id="macosx-make"/> -# exit <co id="macosx-exit"/> - </screen> - <calloutlist> - <callout arearefs="macosx-look macosx-exit"> - <para>The look command will download the module and spawn a - new shell with the extracted files as the current working directory. - The exit command will return you to your original shell. - </para> - </callout> - <callout arearefs="macosx-make"> - <para>You should watch the output from these make commands, - especially <quote>make test</quote> as errors may prevent - XML::Parser from functioning correctly with Bugzilla. - </para> - </callout> - </calloutlist> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="os-linux"> - <title>Linux Distributions</title> - <para>Many Linux distributions include Bugzilla and its - dependencies in their native package management systems. - Installing Bugzilla with root access on any Linux system - should be as simple as finding the Bugzilla package in the - package management application and installing it using the - normal command syntax. Several distributions also perform - the proper web server configuration automatically on installation. - </para> - <para>Please consult the documentation of your Linux - distribution for instructions on how to install packages, - or for specific instructions on installing Bugzilla with - native package management tools. There is also a - <ulink url="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:Linux_Distro_Installation"> - Bugzilla Wiki Page</ulink> for distro-specific installation - notes. - </para> - </section> - </section> - - - <section id="nonroot"> - <title>UNIX (non-root) Installation Notes</title> - - <section> - <title>Introduction</title> - - <para>If you are running a *NIX OS as non-root, either due - to lack of access (web hosts, for example) or for security - reasons, this will detail how to install Bugzilla on such - a setup. It is recommended that you read through the - <xref linkend="installation" /> - first to get an idea on the installation steps required. - (These notes will reference to steps in that guide.)</para> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>MySQL</title> - - <para>You may have MySQL installed as root. If you're - setting up an account with a web host, a MySQL account - needs to be set up for you. From there, you can create - the bugs account, or use the account given to you.</para> - - <warning> - <para>You may have problems trying to set up - <command>GRANT</command> permissions to the database. - If you're using a web host, chances are that you have a - separate database which is already locked down (or one big - database with limited/no access to the other areas), but you - may want to ask your system administrator what the security - settings are set to, and/or run the <command>GRANT</command> - command for you.</para> - - <para>Also, you will probably not be able to change the MySQL - root user password (for obvious reasons), so skip that - step.</para> - </warning> - - <section> - <title>Running MySQL as Non-Root</title> - <section> - <title>The Custom Configuration Method</title> - <para>Create a file .my.cnf in your - home directory (using /home/foo in this example) - as follows....</para> - <programlisting> -[mysqld] -datadir=/home/foo/mymysql -socket=/home/foo/mymysql/thesock -port=8081 - -[mysql] -socket=/home/foo/mymysql/thesock -port=8081 - -[mysql.server] -user=mysql -basedir=/var/lib - -[safe_mysqld] -err-log=/home/foo/mymysql/the.log -pid-file=/home/foo/mymysql/the.pid - </programlisting> - </section> - <section> - <title>The Custom Built Method</title> - - <para>You can install MySQL as a not-root, if you really need to. - Build it with PREFIX set to <filename class="directory">/home/foo/mysql</filename>, - or use pre-installed executables, specifying that you want - to put all of the data files in <filename class="directory">/home/foo/mysql/data</filename>. - If there is another MySQL server running on the system that you - do not own, use the -P option to specify a TCP port that is not - in use.</para> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Starting the Server</title> - <para>After your mysqld program is built and any .my.cnf file is - in place, you must initialize the databases (ONCE).</para> - <screen> - <prompt>bash$</prompt> - <command>mysql_install_db</command> - </screen> - <para>Then start the daemon with</para> - <screen> - <prompt>bash$</prompt> - <command>safe_mysql &</command> - </screen> - <para>After you start mysqld the first time, you then connect to - it as "root" and <command>GRANT</command> permissions to other - users. (Again, the MySQL root account has nothing to do with - the *NIX root account.)</para> - - <note> - <para>You will need to start the daemons yourself. You can either - ask your system administrator to add them to system startup files, or - add a crontab entry that runs a script to check on these daemons - and restart them if needed.</para> - </note> - - <warning> - <para>Do NOT run daemons or other services on a server without first - consulting your system administrator! Daemons use up system resources - and running one may be in violation of your terms of service for any - machine on which you are a user!</para> - </warning> - </section> - </section> - - </section> - - <section> - <title>Perl</title> - - <para> - On the extremely rare chance that you don't have Perl on - the machine, you will have to build the sources - yourself. The following commands should get your system - installed with your own personal version of Perl: - </para> - - <screen> - <prompt>bash$</prompt> - <command>wget http://perl.com/CPAN/src/stable.tar.gz</command> - <prompt>bash$</prompt> - <command>tar zvxf stable.tar.gz</command> - <prompt>bash$</prompt> - <command>cd perl-5.8.1</command> (or whatever the version of Perl is called) - <prompt>bash$</prompt> - <command>sh Configure -de -Dprefix=/home/foo/perl</command> - <prompt>bash$</prompt> - <command>make && make test && make install</command> - </screen> - - <para> - Once you have Perl installed into a directory (probably - in <filename class="directory">~/perl/bin</filename>), you will need to - install the Perl Modules, described below. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="install-perlmodules-nonroot"> - <title>Perl Modules</title> - - <para> - Installing the Perl modules as a non-root user is accomplished by - running the <filename>install-module.pl</filename> - script. For more details on this script, see - <ulink url="api/install-module.html"><filename>install-module.pl</filename> - documentation</ulink> - </para> - </section> - - <section> - <title>HTTP Server</title> - - <para>Ideally, this also needs to be installed as root and - run under a special web server account. As long as - the web server will allow the running of *.cgi files outside of a - cgi-bin, and a way of denying web access to certain files (such as a - .htaccess file), you should be good in this department.</para> - - <section> - <title>Running Apache as Non-Root</title> - - <para>You can run Apache as a non-root user, but the port will need - to be set to one above 1024. If you type <command>httpd -V</command>, - you will get a list of the variables that your system copy of httpd - uses. One of those, namely HTTPD_ROOT, tells you where that - installation looks for its config information.</para> - - <para>From there, you can copy the config files to your own home - directory to start editing. When you edit those and then use the -d - option to override the HTTPD_ROOT compiled into the web server, you - get control of your own customized web server.</para> - - <note> - <para>You will need to start the daemons yourself. You can either - ask your system administrator to add them to system startup files, or - add a crontab entry that runs a script to check on these daemons - and restart them if needed.</para> - </note> - - <warning> - <para>Do NOT run daemons or other services on a server without first - consulting your system administrator! Daemons use up system resources - and running one may be in violation of your terms of service for any - machine on which you are a user!</para> - </warning> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Bugzilla</title> - - <para> - When you run <command>./checksetup.pl</command> to create - the <filename>localconfig</filename> file, it will list the Perl - modules it finds. If one is missing, go back and double-check the - module installation from <xref linkend="install-perlmodules-nonroot"/>, - then delete the <filename>localconfig</filename> file and try again. - </para> - - <warning> - <para>One option in <filename>localconfig</filename> you - might have problems with is the web server group. If you can't - successfully browse to the <filename>index.cgi</filename> (like - a Forbidden error), you may have to relax your permissions, - and blank out the web server group. Of course, this may pose - as a security risk. Having a properly jailed shell and/or - limited access to shell accounts may lessen the security risk, - but use at your own risk.</para> - </warning> - - <section id="suexec"> - <title>suexec or shared hosting</title> - - <para>If you are running on a system that uses suexec (most shared - hosting environments do this), you will need to set the - <emphasis>webservergroup</emphasis> value in <filename>localconfig</filename> - to match <emphasis>your</emphasis> primary group, rather than the one - the web server runs under. You will need to run the following - shell commands after running <command>./checksetup.pl</command>, - every time you run it (or modify <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> - to do them for you via the system() command). - <programlisting> for i in docs graphs images js skins; do find $i -type d -exec chmod o+rx {} \; ; done - for i in jpg gif css js png html rdf xul; do find . -name \*.$i -exec chmod o+r {} \; ; done - find . -name .htaccess -exec chmod o+r {} \; - chmod o+x . data data/webdot</programlisting> - Pay particular attention to the number of semicolons and dots. - They are all important. 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Using Bonsai, administrators can control open/closed status of trees, - query a fast relational database back-end for change, branch, and comment - information, and view changes made since the last time the tree was - closed. Bonsai - also integrates with - <xref linkend="tinderbox" />. - </para> + <para>We need Bonsai integration information.</para> </section> - <section id="cvs" xreflabel="CVS, the Concurrent Versioning System"> + <section id="cvs"> <title>CVS</title> + <para>We need CVS integration information</para> + </section> - <para>CVS integration is best accomplished, at this point, using the - Bugzilla Email Gateway.</para> - - <para>Follow the instructions in this Guide for enabling Bugzilla e-mail - integration. Ensure that your check-in script sends an email to your - Bugzilla e-mail gateway with the subject of - <quote>[Bug XXXX]</quote>, - and you can have CVS check-in comments append to your Bugzilla bug. If - you want to have the bug be closed automatically, you'll have to modify - the <filename>contrib/bugzilla_email_append.pl</filename> script. + <section id="scm"> + <title>Perforce SCM</title> + <para> + Richard Brooksby created a Perforce integration tool for Bugzilla and TeamTrack. + You can find the main project page at + <ulink url="http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/p4dti/"> + http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/p4dti</ulink>. "p4dti" is now an officially + supported product from Perforce, and you can find the "Perforce Public Depot" + p4dti page at <ulink url="http://public.perforce.com/public/perforce/p4dti/index.html"> + http://public.perforce.com/public/perforce/p4dti/index.html</ulink>. </para> - - <para>There is also a CVSZilla project, based upon somewhat dated - Bugzilla code, to integrate CVS and Bugzilla through CVS' ability to - email. Check it out at: <ulink url="http://www.cvszilla.org/"/>. + <para> + Integration of Perforce with Bugzilla, once patches are applied, is fairly seamless. However, + p4dti is a patch against the Bugzilla 2.10 release, not the current 2.12 release. I anticipate + patches for 2.12 will be out shortly. Check the project page regularly for updates, or + take the given patches and patch it manually. p4dti is designed to support multiple defect + trackers, and maintains its own documentation for it. Please consult the pages linked + above for further information. </para> - - <para>Another system capable of CVS integration with Bugzilla is - Scmbug. This system provides generic integration of Source code - Configuration Management with Bugtracking. Check it out at: <ulink - url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/scmbug/"/>. + <para> + Right now, there is no way to synchronize the Bug ID and the Perforce Transaction Number, or + to change the Bug ID to read (PRODUCT).bugID unless you hack it in. Additionally, if you + have synchronization problems, the easiest way to avoid them is to only put the bug + information, comments, etc. into Bugzilla, and not into the Perforce change records. + They will link anyway; merely reference the bug ID fixed in your change description, + and put a comment into Bugzilla + giving the change ID that fixed the Bugzilla bug. It's a process issue, not a technology + question. </para> - - </section> - - <section id="scm" - xreflabel="Perforce SCM (Fast Software Configuration Management System, a powerful commercial alternative to CVS"> - - <title>Perforce SCM</title> - - <para>You can find the project page for Bugzilla and Teamtrack Perforce - integration (p4dti) at: - <ulink url="http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/p4dti/"/> - - . - <quote>p4dti</quote> - - is now an officially supported product from Perforce, and you can find - the "Perforce Public Depot" p4dti page at - <ulink url="http://public.perforce.com/public/perforce/p4dti/index.html"/> - - .</para> - - <para>Integration of Perforce with Bugzilla, once patches are applied, is - seamless. Perforce replication information will appear below the comments - of each bug. Be certain you have a matching set of patches for the - Bugzilla version you are installing. p4dti is designed to support - multiple defect trackers, and maintains its own documentation for it. - Please consult the pages linked above for further information.</para> </section> - <section id="svn" - xreflabel="Subversion, a compelling replacement for CVS"> - <title>Subversion</title> - <para>Subversion is a free/open-source version control system, - designed to overcome various limitations of CVS. Integration of - Subversion with Bugzilla is possible using Scmbug, a system - providing generic integration of Source Code Configuration - Management with Bugtracking. Scmbug is available at <ulink - url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/scmbug/"/>.</para> + <section id="tinderbox"> + <title>Tinderbox</title> + <para>We need Tinderbox integration information</para> </section> - <section id="tinderbox" - xreflabel="Tinderbox, the Mozilla automated build management system"> - <title>Tinderbox/Tinderbox2</title> +</chapter> - <para>Tinderbox is a continuous-build system which can integrate with - Bugzilla - see - <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/tinderbox"/> for details - of Tinderbox, and - <ulink url="http://tinderbox.mozilla.org/showbuilds.cgi"/> to see it - in action.</para> - </section> -</section> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml -sgml-always-quote-attributes:t -sgml-auto-insert-required-elements:t -sgml-balanced-tag-edit:t -sgml-exposed-tags:nil +sgml-omittag:t +sgml-shorttag:t +sgml-namecase-general:t sgml-general-insert-case:lower -sgml-indent-data:t +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:2 +sgml-indent-data:t +sgml-parent-document:nil +sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil -sgml-minimize-attributes:nil -sgml-namecase-general:t -sgml-omittag:t -sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter") -sgml-shorttag:t -sgml-tag-region-if-active:t End: --> + diff --git a/docs/en/xml/patches.xml b/docs/en/xml/patches.xml index 12efb0ca4..8d7a72682 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/patches.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/patches.xml @@ -1,131 +1,237 @@ -<!-- <!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> --> -<appendix id="patches" xreflabel="Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla"> - <title>Contrib</title> - - <para> - There are a number of unofficial Bugzilla add-ons in the - <filename class="directory">$BUGZILLA_ROOT/contrib/</filename> - directory. This section documents them. - </para> +<!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> + +<appendix id="patches"> + <title>Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</title> + +<section id="setperl"> + <title>The setperl.csh Utility</title> + <para> + You can use the "setperl.csh" utility to quickly and easily + change the path to perl on all your Bugzilla files. + This is a C-shell script; if you do not have "csh" or "tcsh" in the search + path on your system, it will not work! + </para> + <procedure> + <step> + <para> + Download the "setperl.csh" utility to your Bugzilla + directory and make it executable. + </para> + <substeps> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>cd /your/path/to/bugzilla</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>wget -O setperl.csh 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=10795'</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>chmod u+x setperl.csh</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + </substeps> + </step> + <step> + <para> + Prepare (and fix) Bugzilla file permissions. + </para> + <substeps> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>chmod u+w *</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>chmod u+x duplicates.cgi</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>chmod a-x bug_status.html</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + </substeps> + </step> + <step> + <para> + Run the script: + </para> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>./setperl.csh /your/path/to/perl</command> + </computeroutput> +<example> + <title>Using Setperl to set your perl path</title> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>./setperl.csh /usr/bin/perl</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </example> + </para> + </step> + </procedure> + </section> <section id="cmdline"> - <title>Command-line Search Interface</title> - + <title>Command-line Bugzilla Queries</title> <para> - There are a suite of Unix utilities for searching Bugzilla from the - command line. They live in the - <filename class="directory">contrib/cmdline</filename> directory. - There are three files - <filename>query.conf</filename>, - <filename>buglist</filename> and <filename>bugs</filename>. + Users can query Bugzilla from the command line using + this suite of utilities. </para> - - <warning> - <para> - These files pre-date the templatization work done as part of the - 2.16 release, and have not been updated. - </para> - </warning> - <para> - <filename>query.conf</filename> contains the mapping from - options to field names and comparison types. Quoted option names - are <quote>grepped</quote> for, so it should be easy to edit this - file. Comments (#) have no effect; you must make sure these lines - do not contain any quoted <quote>option</quote>. + The query.conf file contains the mapping from options to field + names and comparison types. Quoted option names are "grepped" for, so + it should be easy to edit this file. Comments (#) have no effect; you + must make sure these lines do not contain any quoted "option" </para> - <para> - <filename>buglist</filename> is a shell script that submits a - Bugzilla query and writes the resulting HTML page to stdout. - It supports both short options, (such as <quote>-Afoo</quote> - or <quote>-Rbar</quote>) and long options (such - as <quote>--assignedto=foo</quote> or <quote>--reporter=bar</quote>). - If the first character of an option is not <quote>-</quote>, it is - treated as if it were prefixed with <quote>--default=</quote>. + buglist is a shell script which submits a Bugzilla query and writes the + resulting HTML page to stdout. It supports both short options, + (such as "-Afoo" or "-Rbar") and long options (such as + "--assignedto=foo" or "--reporter=bar"). If the first character + of an option is not "-", it is treated as if it were prefixed + with "--default=". </para> - <para> - The column list is taken from the COLUMNLIST environment variable. - This is equivalent to the <quote>Change Columns</quote> option - that is available when you list bugs in buglist.cgi. If you have - already used Bugzilla, grep for COLUMNLIST in your cookies file - to see your current COLUMNLIST setting. + The columlist is taken from the COLUMNLIST environment variable. + This is equivalent to the "Change Columns" option when you list + bugs in buglist.cgi. If you have already used Bugzilla, use + <command>grep COLUMLIST ~/.netscape/cookies</command> to see + your current COLUMNLIST setting. </para> - <para> - <filename>bugs</filename> is a simple shell script which calls - <filename>buglist</filename> and extracts the - bug numbers from the output. Adding the prefix - <quote>http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=</quote> + bugs is a simple shell script which calls buglist and extracts + the bug numbers from the output. Adding the prefix + "http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=" turns the bug list into a working link if any bugs are found. - Counting bugs is easy. Pipe the results through + Counting bugs is easy. Pipe the results through <command>sed -e 's/,/ /g' | wc | awk '{printf $2 "\n"}'</command> </para> - <para> - Akkana Peck says she has good results piping - <filename>buglist</filename> output through + Akkana says she has good results piping buglist output through <command>w3m -T text/html -dump</command> </para> - + <procedure> + <step> + <para> + Download three files: + </para> + <substeps> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash$</prompt> + <command>wget -O query.conf 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=26157'</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash$</prompt> + <command>wget -O buglist 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=26944'</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>wget -O bugs 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=26215'</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + </substeps> + </step> + <step> + <para> + Make your utilities executable: + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash$</prompt> + <command>chmod u+x buglist bugs</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + </procedure> </section> - <section id="cmdline-bugmail"> - <title>Command-line 'Send Unsent Bug-mail' tool</title> - + <section id="quicksearch"> + <title>The Quicksearch Utility</title> <para> - Within the <filename class="directory">contrib</filename> directory - exists a utility with the descriptive (if compact) name - of <filename>sendunsentbugmail.pl</filename>. The purpose of this - script is, simply, to send out any bug-related mail that should - have been sent by now, but for one reason or another has not. + Quicksearch is a new, experimental feature of the 2.12 release. + It consist of two Javascript files, "quicksearch.js" and "localconfig.js", + and two documentation files, "quicksearch.html" and "quicksearchhack.html" </para> - <para> - To accomplish this task, <filename>sendunsentbugmail.pl</filename> uses - the same mechanism as the <filename>sanitycheck.cgi</filename> script; - it scans through the entire database looking for bugs with changes that - were made more than 30 minutes ago, but where there is no record of - anyone related to that bug having been sent mail. Having compiled a list, - it then uses the standard rules to determine who gets mail, and sends it - out. + The index.html page has been updated to include the QuickSearch text box. </para> - <para> - As the script runs, it indicates the bug for which it is currently - sending mail; when it has finished, it gives a numerical count of how - many mails were sent and how many people were excluded. (Individual - user names are not recorded or displayed.) If the script produces - no output, that means no unsent mail was detected. + To take full advantage of the query power, the Bugzilla maintainer must + edit "localconfig.js" according to the value sets used in the local installation. + </para> + <para> + Currently, keywords must be hard-coded in localconfig.js. If they are not, + keywords are not automatically recognized. This means, if localconfig.js + is left unconfigured, that searching for a bug with the "foo" keyword + will only find bugs with "foo" in the summary, status whiteboard, product or + component name, but not those with the keyword "foo". + </para> + <para> + Workarounds for Bugzilla users: + <simplelist> + <member>search for '!foo' (this will find only bugs with the keyword "foo"</member> + <member>search 'foo,!foo' (equivalent to 'foo OR keyword:foo')</member> + </simplelist> </para> - <para> - <emphasis>Usage</emphasis>: move the sendunsentbugmail.pl script - up into the main directory, ensure it has execute permission, and run it - from the command line (or from a cron job) with no parameters. + When this tool is ported from client-side JavaScript to server-side Perl, + the requirement for hard-coding keywords can be fixed. + <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70907">This bug</ulink> + has details. </para> </section> </appendix> - <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml -sgml-always-quote-attributes:t -sgml-auto-insert-required-elements:t -sgml-balanced-tag-edit:t -sgml-exposed-tags:nil +sgml-omittag:t +sgml-shorttag:t +sgml-namecase-general:t sgml-general-insert-case:lower -sgml-indent-data:t +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:2 +sgml-indent-data:t +sgml-parent-document:nil +sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil -sgml-minimize-attributes:nil -sgml-namecase-general:t -sgml-omittag:t -sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter") -sgml-shorttag:t -sgml-tag-region-if-active:t End: --> - diff --git a/docs/en/xml/using.xml b/docs/en/xml/using.xml index 101a9d131..bc8159835 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/using.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/using.xml @@ -1,1957 +1,877 @@ -<!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> --> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> + +<!-- TOC +Chapter: Using Bugzilla + Create an account + Logging in + Setting up preferences + Account Settings + Email Settings + Page Footer + Permissions + Life cycle of a bug + Creating a bug + Checking for duplicates + Overview of all bug fields + Setting bug permissions + The Query Interface + Standard Queries + Email Queries + Boolean Queries + Regexp Queries + The Query Results + Changing Columns + Changing sorting order + Mass changes + Miscellaneous usage hints -<chapter id="using"> - <title>Using Bugzilla</title> - - <section id="using-intro"> - <title>Introduction</title> - <para>This section contains information for end-users of Bugzilla. There - is a Bugzilla test installation, called - <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/">Landfill</ulink>, which you are - welcome to play with (if it's up). However, not all of the Bugzilla - installations there will necessarily have all Bugzilla features enabled, - and different installations run different versions, so some things may not - quite work as this document describes.</para> +--> +<chapter id="using"> +<title>Using Bugzilla</title> + <epigraph> <para> - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) are available and answered on - <ulink url="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:FAQ">wiki.mozilla.org</ulink>. - They may cover some questions you have which are left unanswered. + What, Why, How, & What's in it for me? </para> - </section> - - <section id="myaccount"> - <title>Create a Bugzilla Account</title> + </epigraph> - <para>If you want to use Bugzilla, first you need to create an account. - Consult with the administrator responsible for your installation of - Bugzilla for the URL you should use to access it. If you're - test-driving Bugzilla, use this URL: - <ulink url="&landfillbase;"/>. + <section id="whatis"> + <title>What is Bugzilla?</title> + <para> + Bugzilla is one example of a class of programs called "Defect Tracking Systems", + or, more commonly, "Bug-Tracking Systems". Defect Tracking Systems allow individual or + groups of developers to keep track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively. + Bugzilla was originally written by Terry Weissman in a programming language called + "TCL", to replace a crappy + bug-tracking database used internally for Netscape Communications. Terry later ported + Bugzilla to + Perl from TCL, and in Perl it remains to this day. + Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors at the + time charged enormous licensing fees, and Bugzilla quickly became a favorite of the + open-source crowd (with its genesis in the open-source browser project, Mozilla). It + is now the de-facto standard defect-tracking system against which all others are + measured. </para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - On the home page <filename>index.cgi</filename>, click the - <quote>Open a new Bugzilla account</quote> link, or the - <quote>New Account</quote> link available in the footer of pages. - Now enter your email address, then click the <quote>Send</quote> - button. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - If none of these links is available, this means that the - administrator of the installation has disabled self-registration. - This means that only an administrator can create accounts - for other users. One reason could be that this installation is - private. - </para> - </note> - - <note> - <para> - Also, if only some users are allowed to create an account on - the installation, you may see these links but your registration - may fail if your email address doesn't match the ones accepted - by the installation. This is another way to restrict who can - access and edit bugs in this installation. - </para> - </note> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Within moments, and if your registration is accepted, you should - receive an email to the address you provided, which contains your - login name (generally the same as the email address), and two URLs - with a token (a random string generated by the installation) to - confirm, respectively cancel, your registration. This is a way to - prevent users from abusing the generation of user accounts, for - instance by entering inexistent email addresses, or email addresses - which do not belong to them. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - By default, you have 3 days to confirm your registration. Past this - timeframe, the token is invalidated and the registration is - automatically canceled. You can also cancel this registration sooner - by using the appropriate URL in the email you got. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - If you confirm your registration, Bugzilla will ask you your real name - (optional, but recommended) and your password, which must be between - 3 and 16 characters long. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Now all you need to do is to click the <quote>Log In</quote> - link in the footer at the bottom of the page in your browser, - enter your email address and password you just chose into the - login form, and click the <quote>Log in</quote> button. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - <para> - You are now logged in. Bugzilla uses cookies to remember you are - logged in so, unless you have cookies disabled or your IP address changes, - you should not have to log in again during your session. + Bugzilla has matured immensely, and now boasts many advanced features. These include: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + integrated, product-based granular security schema + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + inter-bug dependencies and dependency graphing + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + advanced reporting capabilities + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + a robust, stable RDBMS back-end + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + extensive configurability + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + a very well-understood and well-thought-out natural bug resolution protocol + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + email, XML, and HTTP APIs + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + available integration with automated software configuration management systems, including + Perforce and CVS. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + too many more features to list + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </para> - </section> - - <section id="bug_page"> - <title>Anatomy of a Bug</title> - - <para>The core of Bugzilla is the screen which displays a particular - bug. It's a good place to explain some Bugzilla concepts. - <ulink - url="&landfillbase;show_bug.cgi?id=1"> - Bug 1 on Landfill</ulink> - - is a good example. Note that the labels for most fields are hyperlinks; - clicking them will take you to context-sensitive help on that - particular field. Fields marked * may not be present on every - installation of Bugzilla.</para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Product and Component</emphasis>: - Bugs are divided up by Product and Component, with a Product - having one or more Components in it. For example, - bugzilla.mozilla.org's "Bugzilla" Product is composed of several - Components: - <simplelist> - <member> - <emphasis>Administration:</emphasis> - Administration of a Bugzilla installation.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Bugzilla-General:</emphasis> - Anything that doesn't fit in the other components, or spans - multiple components.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Creating/Changing Bugs:</emphasis> - Creating, changing, and viewing bugs.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Documentation:</emphasis> - The Bugzilla documentation, including The Bugzilla Guide.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Email:</emphasis> - Anything to do with email sent by Bugzilla.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Installation:</emphasis> - The installation process of Bugzilla.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Query/Buglist:</emphasis> - Anything to do with searching for bugs and viewing the - buglists.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Reporting/Charting:</emphasis> - Getting reports from Bugzilla.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>User Accounts:</emphasis> - Anything about managing a user account from the user's perspective. - Saved queries, creating accounts, changing passwords, logging in, - etc.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>User Interface:</emphasis> - General issues having to do with the user interface cosmetics (not - functionality) including cosmetic issues, HTML templates, - etc.</member> - </simplelist> - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Status and Resolution:</emphasis> - - These define exactly what state the bug is in - from not even - being confirmed as a bug, through to being fixed and the fix - confirmed by Quality Assurance. The different possible values for - Status and Resolution on your installation should be documented in the - context-sensitive help for those items.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Assigned To:</emphasis> - The person responsible for fixing the bug.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*QA Contact:</emphasis> - The person responsible for quality assurance on this bug.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*URL:</emphasis> - A URL associated with the bug, if any.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Summary:</emphasis> - A one-sentence summary of the problem.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Status Whiteboard:</emphasis> - (a.k.a. Whiteboard) A free-form text area for adding short notes - and tags to a bug.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Keywords:</emphasis> - The administrator can define keywords which you can use to tag and - categorise bugs - e.g. The Mozilla Project has keywords like crash - and regression.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Platform and OS:</emphasis> - These indicate the computing environment where the bug was - found.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Version:</emphasis> - The "Version" field is usually used for versions of a product which - have been released, and is set to indicate which versions of a - Component have the particular problem the bug report is - about.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Priority:</emphasis> - The bug assignee uses this field to prioritize his or her bugs. - It's a good idea not to change this on other people's bugs.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Severity:</emphasis> - This indicates how severe the problem is - from blocker - ("application unusable") to trivial ("minor cosmetic issue"). You - can also use this field to indicate whether a bug is an enhancement - request.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Target:</emphasis> - (a.k.a. Target Milestone) A future version by which the bug is to - be fixed. e.g. The Bugzilla Project's milestones for future - Bugzilla versions are 2.18, 2.20, 3.0, etc. Milestones are not - restricted to numbers, thought - you can use any text strings, such - as dates.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Reporter:</emphasis> - The person who filed the bug.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>CC list:</emphasis> - A list of people who get mail when the bug changes.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Time Tracking:</emphasis> - This form can be used for time tracking. - To use this feature, you have to be blessed group membership - specified by the <quote>timetrackinggroup</quote> parameter. - <simplelist> - <member> - <emphasis>Orig. Est.:</emphasis> - This field shows the original estimated time.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Current Est.:</emphasis> - This field shows the current estimated time. - This number is calculated from <quote>Hours Worked</quote> - and <quote>Hours Left</quote>.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Hours Worked:</emphasis> - This field shows the number of hours worked.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Hours Left:</emphasis> - This field shows the <quote>Current Est.</quote> - - <quote>Hours Worked</quote>. - This value + <quote>Hours Worked</quote> will become the - new Current Est.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>%Complete:</emphasis> - This field shows what percentage of the task is complete.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Gain:</emphasis> - This field shows the number of hours that the bug is ahead of the - <quote>Orig. Est.</quote>.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Deadline:</emphasis> - This field shows the deadline for this bug.</member> - </simplelist> - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Attachments:</emphasis> - You can attach files (e.g. testcases or patches) to bugs. If there - are any attachments, they are listed in this section. Attachments are - normally stored in the Bugzilla database, unless they are marked as - Big Files, which are stored directly on disk. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Dependencies:</emphasis> - If this bug cannot be fixed unless other bugs are fixed (depends - on), or this bug stops other bugs being fixed (blocks), their - numbers are recorded here.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Votes:</emphasis> - Whether this bug has any votes.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Additional Comments:</emphasis> - You can add your two cents to the bug discussion here, if you have - something worthwhile to say.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </section> - - <section id="lifecycle"> - <title>Life Cycle of a Bug</title> - <para> - The life cycle, also known as work flow, of a bug is currently hardcoded - into Bugzilla. <xref linkend="lifecycle-image"/> contains a graphical - representation of this life cycle. If you wish to customize this image for - your site, the <ulink url="../images/bzLifecycle.xml">diagram file</ulink> - is available in <ulink url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia">Dia's</ulink> - native XML format. + Despite its current robustness and popularity, however, Bugzilla + faces some near-term challenges, such as reliance on a single database, a lack of + abstraction of the user interface and program logic, verbose email bug + notifications, a powerful but daunting query interface, little reporting configurability, + problems with extremely large queries, some unsupportable bug resolution options, + no internationalization, and dependence on some nonstandard libraries. </para> - - <figure id="lifecycle-image"> - <title>Lifecycle of a Bugzilla Bug</title> - <mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="../images/bzLifecycle.png" scale="66" /> - </imageobject> - </mediaobject> - </figure> - </section> - - <section id="query"> - <title>Searching for Bugs</title> - - <para>The Bugzilla Search page is the interface where you can find - any bug report, comment, or patch currently in the Bugzilla system. You - can play with it here: - <ulink url="&landfillbase;query.cgi"/>.</para> - - <para>The Search page has controls for selecting different possible - values for all of the fields in a bug, as described above. For some - fields, multiple values can be selected. In those cases, Bugzilla - returns bugs where the content of the field matches any one of the selected - values. If none is selected, then the field can take any value.</para> - <para> - After a search is run, you can save it as a Saved Search, which - will appear in the page footer. If you are in the group defined - by the "querysharegroup" parameter, you may share your queries - with other users, see <xref linkend="savedsearches"/> for more details. + Some recent headway has been made on the query front, however. If you are using the latest + version of Bugzilla, you should see a "simple search" form on the default front page of + your Bugzilla install. Type in two or three search terms and you should pull up some + relevant information. This is also available as "queryhelp.cgi". + </para> + <para> + Despite these small problems, Bugzilla is very hard to beat. It is under <emphasis>very</emphasis> + active development to address the current issues, and a long-awaited overhaul in the form + of Bugzilla 3.0 is expected sometime later this year. </para> - - <section id="boolean"> - <title>Boolean Charts</title> - <para> - Highly advanced querying is done using Boolean Charts. - </para> - <para> - The boolean charts further restrict the set of results - returned by a query. It is possible to search for bugs - based on elaborate combinations of criteria. - </para> - <para> - The simplest boolean searches have only one term. These searches - permit the selected left <emphasis>field</emphasis> - to be compared using a - selectable <emphasis>operator</emphasis> to a - specified <emphasis>value.</emphasis> - Using the "And," "Or," and "Add Another Boolean Chart" buttons, - additional terms can be included in the query, further - altering the list of bugs returned by the query. - </para> - <para> - There are three fields in each row of a boolean search. - </para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Field:</emphasis> - the items being searched - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Operator:</emphasis> - the comparison operator - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Value:</emphasis> - the value to which the field is being compared - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - <section id="pronouns"> - <title>Pronoun Substitution</title> - <para> - Sometimes, a query needs to compare a user-related field - (such as ReportedBy) with a role-specific user (such as the - user running the query or the user to whom each bug is assigned). - When the operator is either "equals" or "notequals", the value - can be "%reporter%", "%assignee%", "%qacontact%", or "%user%". - The user pronoun - refers to the user who is executing the query or, in the case - of whining reports, the user who will be the recipient - of the report. The reporter, assignee, and qacontact - pronouns refer to the corresponding fields in the bug. - </para> - <para> - Boolean charts also let you type a group name in any user-related - field if the operator is either "equals", "notequals" or "anyexact". - This will let you query for any member belonging (or not) to the - specified group. The group name must be entered following the - "%group.foo%" syntax, where "foo" is the group name. - So if you are looking for bugs reported by any user being in the - "editbugs" group, then you can type "%group.editbugs%". - </para> - </section> - <section id="negation"> - <title>Negation</title> - <para> - At first glance, negation seems redundant. Rather than - searching for - <blockquote> - <para> - NOT("summary" "contains the string" "foo"), - </para> - </blockquote> - one could search for - <blockquote> - <para> - ("summary" "does not contain the string" "foo"). - </para> - </blockquote> - However, the search - <blockquote> - <para> - ("CC" "does not contain the string" "@mozilla.org") - </para> - </blockquote> - would find every bug where anyone on the CC list did not contain - "@mozilla.org" while - <blockquote> - <para> - NOT("CC" "contains the string" "@mozilla.org") - </para> - </blockquote> - would find every bug where there was nobody on the CC list who - did contain the string. Similarly, the use of negation also permits - complex expressions to be built using terms OR'd together and then - negated. Negation permits queries such as - <blockquote> - <para> - NOT(("product" "equals" "update") OR - ("component" "equals" "Documentation")) - </para> - </blockquote> - to find bugs that are neither - in the update product or in the documentation component or - <blockquote> - <para> - NOT(("commenter" "equals" "%assignee%") OR - ("component" "equals" "Documentation")) - </para> - </blockquote> - to find non-documentation - bugs on which the assignee has never commented. - </para> - </section> - <section id="multiplecharts"> - <title>Multiple Charts</title> - <para> - The terms within a single row of a boolean chart are all - constraints on a single piece of data. If you are looking for - a bug that has two different people cc'd on it, then you need - to use two boolean charts. A search for - <blockquote> - <para> - ("cc" "contains the string" "foo@") AND - ("cc" "contains the string" "@mozilla.org") - </para> - </blockquote> - would return only bugs with "foo@mozilla.org" on the cc list. - If you wanted bugs where there is someone on the cc list - containing "foo@" and someone else containing "@mozilla.org", - then you would need two boolean charts. - <blockquote> - <para> - First chart: ("cc" "contains the string" "foo@") - </para> - <para> - Second chart: ("cc" "contains the string" "@mozilla.org") - </para> - </blockquote> - The bugs listed will be only the bugs where ALL the charts are true. - </para> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="quicksearch"> - <title>Quicksearch</title> - - <para> - Quicksearch is a single-text-box query tool which uses - metacharacters to indicate what is to be searched. For example, typing - "<literal>foo|bar</literal>" - into Quicksearch would search for "foo" or "bar" in the - summary and status whiteboard of a bug; adding - "<literal>:BazProduct</literal>" would - search only in that product. - You can use it to find a bug by its number or its alias, too. - </para> - - <para> - You'll find the Quicksearch box in Bugzilla's footer area. - On Bugzilla's front page, there is an additional - <ulink url="../../page.cgi?id=quicksearch.html">Help</ulink> - link which details how to use it. - </para> - </section> - <section id="casesensitivity"> - <title>Case Sensitivity in Searches</title> - <para> - Bugzilla queries are case-insensitive and accent-insensitive, when - used with either MySQL or Oracle databases. When using Bugzilla with - PostgreSQL, however, some queries are case-sensitive. This is due to - the way PostgreSQL handles case and accent sensitivity. - </para> - </section> - <section id="list"> - <title>Bug Lists</title> - - <para>If you run a search, a list of matching bugs will be returned. - </para> - - <para>The format of the list is configurable. For example, it can be - sorted by clicking the column headings. Other useful features can be - accessed using the links at the bottom of the list: - <simplelist> - <member> - <emphasis>Long Format:</emphasis> - - this gives you a large page with a non-editable summary of the fields - of each bug.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>XML:</emphasis> - - get the buglist in the XML format.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>CSV:</emphasis> - - get the buglist as comma-separated values, for import into e.g. - a spreadsheet.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Feed:</emphasis> - - get the buglist as an Atom feed. Copy this link into your - favorite feed reader. If you are using Firefox, you can also - save the list as a live bookmark by clicking the live bookmark - icon in the status bar. To limit the number of bugs in the feed, - add a limit=n parameter to the URL.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>iCalendar:</emphasis> - - Get the buglist as an iCalendar file. Each bug is represented as a - to-do item in the imported calendar.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Change Columns:</emphasis> - - change the bug attributes which appear in the list.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Change several bugs at once:</emphasis> - - If your account is sufficiently empowered, and more than one bug - appear in the bug list, this link is displayed which lets you make - the same change to all the bugs in the list - for example, changing - their assignee.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Send mail to bug assignees:</emphasis> - - If more than one bug appear in the bug list and there are at least - two distinct bug assignees, this links is displayed which lets you - easily send a mail to the assignees of all bugs on the list.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Edit Search:</emphasis> - - If you didn't get exactly the results you were looking for, you can - return to the Query page through this link and make small revisions - to the query you just made so you get more accurate results.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Remember Search As:</emphasis> - - You can give a search a name and remember it; a link will appear - in your page footer giving you quick access to run it again later. - </member> - </simplelist> - </para> - - <para> - If you would like to access the bug list from another program - it is often useful to have the list returned in something other - than HTML. By adding the ctype=type parameter into the bug list URL - you can specify several alternate formats. Besides the types described - above, the following formats are also supported: ECMAScript, also known - as JavaScript (ctype=js), and Resource Description Framework RDF/XML - (ctype=rdf). - </para> - </section> - - <section id="individual-buglists"> - <title>Adding/removing tags to/from bugs</title> - <para> - You can add and remove tags from individual bugs, which let you find and - manage them more easily. Creating a new tag automatically generates a saved - search - whose name is the name of the tag - which lists bugs with this tag. - This saved search will be displayed in the footer of pages by default, as - all other saved searches. The main difference between tags and normal saved - searches is that saved searches, as described in the previous section, are - stored in the form of a list of matching criteria, while the saved search - generated by tags is a list of bug numbers. Consequently, you can easily - edit this list by either adding or removing tags from bugs. To enable this - feature, you have to turn on the <quote>Enable tags for bugs</quote> user - preference, see <xref linkend="userpreferences" />. This feature is disabled - by default. - </para> - - <para> - This feature is useful when you want to keep track of several bugs, but - for different reasons. Instead of adding yourself to the CC list of all - these bugs and mixing all these reasons, you can now store these bugs in - separate lists, e.g. <quote>Keep in mind</quote>, <quote>Interesting bugs</quote>, - or <quote>Triage</quote>. One big advantage of this way to manage bugs - is that you can easily add or remove bugs one by one, which is not - possible to do with saved searches without having to edit the search - criteria again. - </para> - </section> </section> - - <section id="bugreports"> - <title>Filing Bugs</title> - - <section id="fillingbugs"> - <title>Reporting a New Bug</title> - - <para>Years of bug writing experience has been distilled for your - reading pleasure into the - <ulink - url="&landfillbase;page.cgi?id=bug-writing.html"> - Bug Writing Guidelines</ulink>. - While some of the advice is Mozilla-specific, the basic principles of - reporting Reproducible, Specific bugs, isolating the Product you are - using, the Version of the Product, the Component which failed, the - Hardware Platform, and Operating System you were using at the time of - the failure go a long way toward ensuring accurate, responsible fixes - for the bug that bit you.</para> - - <para>The procedure for filing a bug is as follows:</para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Click the <quote>New</quote> link available in the footer - of pages, or the <quote>Enter a new bug report</quote> link - displayed on the home page of the Bugzilla installation. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - If you want to file a test bug to see how Bugzilla works, - you can do it on one of our test installations on - <ulink url="&landfillbase;">Landfill</ulink>. - </para> - </note> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - You first have to select the product in which you found a bug. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - You now see a form where you can specify the component (part of - the product which is affected by the bug you discovered; if you have - no idea, just select <quote>General</quote> if such a component exists), - the version of the program you were using, the Operating System and - platform your program is running on and the severity of the bug (if the - bug you found crashes the program, it's probably a major or a critical - bug; if it's a typo somewhere, that's something pretty minor; if it's - something you would like to see implemented, then that's an enhancement). - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - You now have to give a short but descriptive summary of the bug you found. - <quote>My program is crashing all the time</quote> is a very poor summary - and doesn't help developers at all. Try something more meaningful or - your bug will probably be ignored due to a lack of precision. - The next step is to give a very detailed list of steps to reproduce - the problem you encountered. Try to limit these steps to a minimum set - required to reproduce the problem. This will make the life of - developers easier, and the probability that they consider your bug in - a reasonable timeframe will be much higher. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - Try to make sure that everything in the summary is also in the first - comment. Summaries are often updated and this will ensure your original - information is easily accessible. - </para> - </note> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - As you file the bug, you can also attach a document (testcase, patch, - or screenshot of the problem). - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Depending on the Bugzilla installation you are using and the product in - which you are filing the bug, you can also request developers to consider - your bug in different ways (such as requesting review for the patch you - just attached, requesting your bug to block the next release of the - product, and many other product specific requests). - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Now is a good time to read your bug report again. Remove all misspellings, - otherwise your bug may not be found by developers running queries for some - specific words, and so your bug would not get any attention. - Also make sure you didn't forget any important information developers - should know in order to reproduce the problem, and make sure your - description of the problem is explicit and clear enough. - When you think your bug report is ready to go, the last step is to - click the <quote>Commit</quote> button to add your report into the database. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - <para> - You do not need to put "any" or similar strings in the URL field. - If there is no specific URL associated with the bug, leave this - field blank. - </para> - - <para>If you feel a bug you filed was incorrectly marked as a - DUPLICATE of another, please question it in your bug, not - the bug it was duped to. Feel free to CC the person who duped it - if they are not already CCed. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="cloningbugs"> - <title>Clone an Existing Bug</title> - + + <section id="why"> + <title>Why Should We Use Bugzilla?</title> + <epigraph> <para> - Starting with version 2.20, Bugzilla has a feature that allows you - to clone an existing bug. The newly created bug will inherit - most settings from the old bug. This allows you to track more - easily similar concerns in a new bug. To use this, go to the bug - that you want to clone, then click the <quote>Clone This Bug</quote> - link on the bug page. This will take you to the <quote>Enter Bug</quote> - page that is filled with the values that the old bug has. - You can change those values and/or texts if needed. + No, Who's on first... </para> - </section> - - </section> - - <section id="attachments"> - <title>Attachments</title> - + </epigraph> <para> - You should use attachments, rather than comments, for large chunks of ASCII - data, such as trace, debugging output files, or log files. That way, it - doesn't bloat the bug for everyone who wants to read it, and cause people to - receive fat, useless mails. + For many years, defect-tracking software has remained principally the domain + of large software development houses. Even then, most shops never bothered + with bug-tracking software, and instead simply relied on shared lists and + email to monitor the status of defects. This procedure is error-prone and + tends to cause those bugs judged least significant by developers to be + dropped or ignored </para> - - <para>You should make sure to trim screenshots. There's no need to show the - whole screen if you are pointing out a single-pixel problem. - </para> - - <para>Bugzilla stores and uses a Content-Type for each attachment - (e.g. text/html). To download an attachment as a different - Content-Type (e.g. application/xhtml+xml), you can override this - using a 'content_type' parameter on the URL, e.g. - <filename>&content_type=text/plain</filename>. - </para> - <para> - If you have a really large attachment, something that does not need to - be recorded forever (as most attachments are), or something that is too - big for your database, you can mark your attachment as a - <quote>Big File</quote>, assuming the administrator of the installation - has enabled this feature. Big Files are stored directly on disk instead - of in the database. The maximum size of a <quote>Big File</quote> is - normally larger than the maximum size of a regular attachment. Independently - of the storage system used, an administrator can delete these attachments - at any time. Nevertheless, if these files are stored in the database, the - <quote>allow_attachment_deletion</quote> parameter (which is turned off - by default) must be enabled in order to delete them. + These days, many companies are finding that integrated defect-tracking + systems reduce downtime, increase productivity, and raise customer + satisfaction with their systems. Along with full disclosure, an open + bug-tracker allows manufacturers to keep in touch with their clients + and resellers, to communicate about problems effectively throughout + the data management chain. Many corporations have also discovered that + defect-tracking helps reduce costs by providing IT support accountability, + telephone support knowledge bases, and a common, well-understood system + for accounting for unusual system or software issues. </para> - <para> - Also, if the administrator turned on the <quote>allow_attach_url</quote> - parameter, you can enter the URL pointing to the attachment instead of - uploading the attachment itself. For example, this is useful if you want to - point to an external application, a website or a very large file. Note that - there is no guarantee that the source file will always be available, nor - that its content will remain unchanged. + But why should <emphasis>you</emphasis> use Bugzilla? </para> - - <section id="patchviewer"> - <title>Patch Viewer</title> - - <para>Viewing and reviewing patches in Bugzilla is often difficult due to - lack of context, improper format and the inherent readability issues that - raw patches present. Patch Viewer is an enhancement to Bugzilla designed - to fix that by offering increased context, linking to sections, and - integrating with Bonsai, LXR and CVS.</para> - - <para>Patch viewer allows you to:</para> - - <simplelist> - <member>View patches in color, with side-by-side view rather than trying - to interpret the contents of the patch.</member> - <member>See the difference between two patches.</member> - <member>Get more context in a patch.</member> - <member>Collapse and expand sections of a patch for easy - reading.</member> - <member>Link to a particular section of a patch for discussion or - review</member> - <member>Go to Bonsai or LXR to see more context, blame, and - cross-references for the part of the patch you are looking at</member> - <member>Create a rawtext unified format diff out of any patch, no - matter what format it came from</member> - </simplelist> - - <section id="patchviewer_view"> - <title>Viewing Patches in Patch Viewer</title> - <para>The main way to view a patch in patch viewer is to click on the - "Diff" link next to a patch in the Attachments list on a bug. You may - also do this within the edit window by clicking the "View Attachment As - Diff" button in the Edit Attachment screen.</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_diff"> - <title>Seeing the Difference Between Two Patches</title> - <para>To see the difference between two patches, you must first view the - newer patch in Patch Viewer. Then select the older patch from the - dropdown at the top of the page ("Differences between [dropdown] and - this patch") and click the "Diff" button. This will show you what - is new or changed in the newer patch.</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_context"> - <title>Getting More Context in a Patch</title> - <para>To get more context in a patch, you put a number in the textbox at - the top of Patch Viewer ("Patch / File / [textbox]") and hit enter. - This will give you that many lines of context before and after each - change. Alternatively, you can click on the "File" link there and it - will show each change in the full context of the file. This feature only - works against files that were diffed using "cvs diff".</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_collapse"> - <title>Collapsing and Expanding Sections of a Patch</title> - <para>To view only a certain set of files in a patch (for example, if a - patch is absolutely huge and you want to only review part of it at a - time), you can click the "(+)" and "(-)" links next to each file (to - expand it or collapse it). If you want to collapse all files or expand - all files, you can click the "Collapse All" and "Expand All" links at the - top of the page.</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_link"> - <title>Linking to a Section of a Patch</title> - <para>To link to a section of a patch (for example, if you want to be - able to give someone a URL to show them which part you are talking - about) you simply click the "Link Here" link on the section header. The - resulting URL can be copied and used in discussion.</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_bonsai_lxr"> - <title>Going to Bonsai and LXR</title> - <para>To go to Bonsai to get blame for the lines you are interested in, - you can click the "Lines XX-YY" link on the section header you are - interested in. This works even if the patch is against an old - version of the file, since Bonsai stores all versions of the file.</para> - - <para>To go to LXR, you click on the filename on the file header - (unfortunately, since LXR only does the most recent version, line - numbers are likely to rot).</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_unified_diff"> - <title>Creating a Unified Diff</title> - <para>If the patch is not in a format that you like, you can turn it - into a unified diff format by clicking the "Raw Unified" link at the top - of the page.</para> - </section> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="hintsandtips"> - <title>Hints and Tips</title> - - <para>This section distills some Bugzilla tips and best practices - that have been developed.</para> - - <section> - <title>Autolinkification</title> - <para>Bugzilla comments are plain text - so typing <U> will - produce less-than, U, greater-than rather than underlined text. - However, Bugzilla will automatically make hyperlinks out of certain - sorts of text in comments. For example, the text - "http://www.bugzilla.org" will be turned into a link: - <ulink url="http://www.bugzilla.org"/>. - Other strings which get linkified in the obvious manner are: - <simplelist> - <member>bug 12345</member> - <member>comment 7</member> - <member>bug 23456, comment 53</member> - <member>attachment 4321</member> - <member>mailto:george@example.com</member> - <member>george@example.com</member> - <member>ftp://ftp.mozilla.org</member> - <member>Most other sorts of URL</member> - </simplelist> - </para> - - <para>A corollary here is that if you type a bug number in a comment, - you should put the word "bug" before it, so it gets autolinkified - for the convenience of others. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="commenting"> - <title>Comments</title> - - <para>If you are changing the fields on a bug, only comment if - either you have something pertinent to say, or Bugzilla requires it. - Otherwise, you may spam people unnecessarily with bug mail. - To take an example: a user can set up their account to filter out messages - where someone just adds themselves to the CC field of a bug - (which happens a lot.) If you come along, add yourself to the CC field, - and add a comment saying "Adding self to CC", then that person - gets a pointless piece of mail they would otherwise have avoided. - </para> - - <para> - Don't use sigs in comments. Signing your name ("Bill") is acceptable, - if you do it out of habit, but full mail/news-style - four line ASCII art creations are not. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="comment-wrapping"> - <title>Server-Side Comment Wrapping</title> - <para> - Bugzilla stores comments unwrapped and wraps them at display time. This - ensures proper wrapping in all browsers. Lines beginning with the ">" - character are assumed to be quotes, and are not wrapped. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="dependencytree"> - <title>Dependency Tree</title> - - <para> - On the <quote>Dependency tree</quote> page linked from each bug - page, you can see the dependency relationship from the bug as a - tree structure. - </para> - - <para> - You can change how much depth to show, and you can hide resolved bugs - from this page. You can also collaps/expand dependencies for - each bug on the tree view, using the [-]/[+] buttons that appear - before its summary. This option is not available for terminal - bugs in the tree (that don't have further dependencies). - </para> - </section> - </section> - - <section id="timetracking"> - <title>Time Tracking Information</title> - <para> - Users who belong to the group specified by the <quote>timetrackinggroup</quote> - parameter have access to time-related fields. Developers can see - deadlines and estimated times to fix bugs, and can provide time spent - on these bugs. + Bugzilla is very adaptable to various situations. Known uses currently + include IT support queues, Systems Administration deployment management, + chip design and development problem tracking (both pre-and-post fabrication), + and software and hardware bug tracking for luminaries such as Redhat, Loki software, + Linux-Mandrake, and VA Systems. Combined with systems such as CVS, Bonsai, + or Perforce SCM, Bugzilla provides a powerful, easy-to-use solution to + configuration management and replication problems </para> - <para> - At any time, a summary of the time spent by developers on bugs is - accessible either from bug lists when clicking the <quote>Time Summary</quote> - button or from individual bugs when clicking the <quote>Summarize time</quote> - link in the time tracking table. The <filename>summarize_time.cgi</filename> - page lets you view this information either per developer or per bug, - and can be split on a month basis to have greater details on how time - is spent by developers. + Bugzilla can dramatically increase the productivity and accountability + of individual employees by providing a documented workflow and positive + feedback for good performance. How many times do you wake up in the + morning, remembering that you were supposed to do *something* today, + but you just can't quite remember? Put it in Bugzilla, and you have a record + of it from which you can extrapolate milestones, predict product versions + for integration, and by using Bugzilla's e-mail integration features + be able to follow the discussion trail that led to critical decisions. </para> - <para> - As soon as a bug is marked as RESOLVED, the remaining time expected - to fix the bug is set to zero. This lets QA people set it again for - their own usage, and it will be set to zero again when the bug will - be marked as CLOSED. + Ultimately, Bugzilla puts the power in your hands to improve your value + to your employer or business while providing a usable framework for your natural + attention to detail and knowledge store to flourish. </para> </section> - - <section id="userpreferences"> - <title>User Preferences</title> - - <para> - Once logged in, you can customize various aspects of - Bugzilla via the "Preferences" link in the page footer. - The preferences are split into five tabs:</para> - - <section id="generalpreferences" xreflabel="General Preferences"> - <title>General Preferences</title> - - <para> - This tab allows you to change several default settings of Bugzilla. - </para> - - <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> - <listitem> - <para> - Bugzilla's general appearance (skin) - select which skin to use. - Bugzilla supports adding custom skins. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Quote the associated comment when you click on its reply link - sets - the behavior of the comment "Reply" link. Options include quoting the - full comment, just reference the comment number, or turn the link off. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Language used in email - select which language email will be sent in, - from the list of available languages. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - After changing a bug - This controls what page is displayed after - changes to a bug are submitted. The options include to show the bug - just modified, to show the next bug in your list, or to do nothing. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Enable tags for bugs - turn bug tagging on or off. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Zoom textareas large when in use (requires JavaScript) - enable or - disable the automatic expanding of text areas when text is being - entered into them. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Field separator character for CSV files - - Select between a comma and semi-colon for exported CSV bug lists. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Automatically add me to the CC list of bugs I change - set default - behavior of CC list. Options include "Always", "Never", and "Only - if I have no role on them". - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - When viewing a bug, show comments in this order - - controls the order of comments. Options include "Oldest - to Newest", "Newest to Oldest" and "Newest to Oldest, but keep the - bug description at the top". - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Show a quip at the top of each bug list - controls - whether a quip will be shown on the Bug list page. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </section> - - <section id="emailpreferences"> - <title>Email Preferences</title> - - <para> - This tab allows you to enable or disable email notification on - specific events. - </para> - - <para> - In general, users have almost complete control over how much (or - how little) email Bugzilla sends them. If you want to receive the - maximum amount of email possible, click the <quote>Enable All - Mail</quote> button. If you don't want to receive any email from - Bugzilla at all, click the <quote>Disable All Mail</quote> button. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - A Bugzilla administrator can stop a user from receiving - bugmail by clicking the <quote>Bugmail Disabled</quote> checkbox - when editing the user account. This is a drastic step - best taken only for disabled accounts, as it overrides - the user's individual mail preferences. - </para> - </note> + <section id="how"> + <title>How do I use Bugzilla?</title> + <epigraph> <para> - There are two global options -- <quote>Email me when someone - asks me to set a flag</quote> and <quote>Email me when someone - sets a flag I asked for</quote>. These define how you want to - receive bugmail with regards to flags. Their use is quite - straightforward; enable the checkboxes if you want Bugzilla to - send you mail under either of the above conditions. - </para> - - <para> - If you'd like to set your bugmail to something besides - 'Completely ON' and 'Completely OFF', the - <quote>Field/recipient specific options</quote> table - allows you to do just that. The rows of the table - define events that can happen to a bug -- things like - attachments being added, new comments being made, the - priority changing, etc. The columns in the table define - your relationship with the bug: - </para> - - <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> - <listitem> - <para> - Reporter - Where you are the person who initially - reported the bug. Your name/account appears in the - <quote>Reporter:</quote> field. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Assignee - Where you are the person who has been - designated as the one responsible for the bug. Your - name/account appears in the <quote>Assigned To:</quote> - field of the bug. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - QA Contact - You are one of the designated - QA Contacts for the bug. Your account appears in the - <quote>QA Contact:</quote> text-box of the bug. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - CC - You are on the list CC List for the bug. - Your account appears in the <quote>CC:</quote> text box - of the bug. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Voter - You have placed one or more votes for the bug. - Your account appears only if someone clicks on the - <quote>Show votes for this bug</quote> link on the bug. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <note> - <para> - Some columns may not be visible for your installation, depending - on your site's configuration. - </para> - </note> - - <para> - To fine-tune your bugmail, decide the events for which you want - to receive bugmail; then decide if you want to receive it all - the time (enable the checkbox for every column), or only when - you have a certain relationship with a bug (enable the checkbox - only for those columns). For example: if you didn't want to - receive mail when someone added themselves to the CC list, you - could uncheck all the boxes in the <quote>CC Field Changes</quote> - line. As another example, if you never wanted to receive email - on bugs you reported unless the bug was resolved, you would - un-check all boxes in the <quote>Reporter</quote> column - except for the one on the <quote>The bug is resolved or - verified</quote> row. + Hey! I'm Woody! Howdy, Howdy, Howdy! </para> - - <note> - <para> - Bugzilla adds the <quote>X-Bugzilla-Reason</quote> header to - all bugmail it sends, describing the recipient's relationship - (AssignedTo, Reporter, QAContact, CC, or Voter) to the bug. - This header can be used to do further client-side filtering. - </para> - </note> - - <para> - Bugzilla has a feature called <quote>Users Watching</quote>. - When you enter one or more comma-delineated user accounts (usually email - addresses) into the text entry box, you will receive a copy of all the - bugmail those users are sent (security settings permitting). - This powerful functionality enables seamless transitions as developers - change projects or users go on holiday. - </para> - + </epigraph> + + <para> + Bugzilla is a large, complex system. Describing how to use it + requires some time. If you are only interested in installing or administering + a Bugzilla installation, please consult the Installing and Administering + Bugzilla portions of this Guide. This section is principally aimed towards + developing end-user mastery of Bugzilla, so you may fully enjoy the benefits + afforded by using this reliable open-source bug-tracking software. + </para> + <para> + Throughout this portion of the Guide, we will refer to user account + options available at the Bugzilla test installation, + <ulink url="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/"> + landfill.tequilarista.org</ulink>. <note> - <para> - The ability to watch other users may not be available in all - Bugzilla installations. If you don't see this feature, and feel - that you need it, speak to your administrator. - </para> + <para> + Some people have run into difficulties completing this tutorial. If + you run into problems, please check the updated, online documentation available + at <ulink url="http://www.trilobyte.net/barnsons/">http://www.trilobyte.net/barnsons</ulink>. + If you're still stumped, please subscribe to the newsgroup and provide details of exactly + what's stumping you! If enough people complain, I'll have to fix it in the next + version of this Guide. You can subscribe to the newsgroup at + <ulink url="news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.webtools"> + news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.webtools</ulink> + </para> + </note> - - <para> - Each user listed in the <quote>Users watching you</quote> field - has you listed in their <quote>Users to watch</quote> list - and can get bugmail according to your relationship to the bug and - their <quote>Field/recipient specific options</quote> setting. - </para> - - </section> - - <section id="savedsearches" xreflabel="Saved Searches"> - <title>Saved Searches</title> - <para> - On this tab you can view and run any Saved Searches that you have - created, and also any Saved Searches that other members of the group - defined in the "querysharegroup" parameter have shared. - Saved Searches can be added to the page footer from this screen. - If somebody is sharing a Search with a group she or he is allowed to - <link linkend="groups">assign users to</link>, the sharer may opt to have - the Search show up in the footer of the group's direct members by default. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="accountpreferences" xreflabel="Name and Password"> - <title>Name and Password</title> - - <para>On this tab, you can change your basic account information, - including your password, email address and real name. For security - reasons, in order to change anything on this page you must type your - <emphasis>current</emphasis> password into the <quote>Password</quote> - field at the top of the page. - If you attempt to change your email address, a confirmation - email is sent to both the old and new addresses, with a link to use to - confirm the change. This helps to prevent account hijacking.</para> - </section> - - <section id="permissionsettings"> - <title>Permissions</title> - + Although Landfill serves as a great introduction to Bugzilla, it does not offer + all the options you would have as a user on your own installation of Bugzilla, + nor can it do more than serve as a general introduction to Bugzilla. Additionally, + Landfill often runs cutting-edge versions of Bugzilla for testing, so some things + may work slightly differently than mentioned here. + </para> + + <section id="myaccount"> + <title>Create a Bugzilla Account</title> <para> - This is a purely informative page which outlines your current - permissions on this installation of Bugzilla. + First thing's first! If you want to use Bugzilla, first you need to create + an account. Consult with the administrator responsible for your installation + of Bugzilla for the URL you should use to access it. + If you're test-driving the end-user Bugzilla experience, use this URL: + <ulink url="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/mozilla/bugzilla/"> + http://landfill.tequilarista.org/mozilla/bugzilla/</ulink> </para> - + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Click the "Open a new Bugzilla account" link. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Enter your "E-mail address" and "Real Name" (or whatever name you want to call yourself) + in the spaces provided, then select the "Create Account" button. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Within 5-10 minutes, you should receive an email to the address you provided above, + which contains your login name (generally the same as the email address), and + a password you can use to access your account. This password is randomly generated, + and should be changed at your nearest opportunity (we'll go into how to do it later). + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Click the "Log In" link in the yellow area at the bottom of the page in your browser, + then enter your "E-mail address" and "Password" you just received into the spaces provided, + and select "Login". + <note> + <para> + If you ever forget your password, you can come back to this page, enter your + "E-mail address", then select the "E-mail me a password" button to have your password + mailed to you again so that you can login. + </para> + </note> + <caution> + <para> + Many modern browsers include an "Auto-Complete" or "Form Fill" feature to + remember the user names and passwords you type in at many sites. Unfortunately, + sometimes they attempt to "guess" what you will put in as your password, and guess + wrong. If you notice a text box is already filled out, please overwrite the contents + of the text box so you can be sure to input the correct information. + </para> + </caution> + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> <para> - A complete list of permissions is below. Only users with - <emphasis>editusers</emphasis> privileges can change the permissions - of other users. + Congratulations! If you followed these directions, you now are the + proud owner of a user account on landfill.tequilarista.org (Landfill) or + your local Bugzilla install. You should now see in your browser a + page called the "Bugzilla Query Page". It may look daunting, but + with this Guide to walk you through it, you will master it in no time. </para> - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term> - admin - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user is an Administrator. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - bz_canusewhineatothers - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can configure whine reports for other users. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - bz_canusewhines - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can configure whine reports for self. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - bz_sudoers - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can perform actions as other users. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - bz_sudo_protect - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can not be impersonated by other users. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - canconfirm - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can confirm a bug or mark it a duplicate. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - creategroups - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can create and destroy groups. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - editbugs - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can edit all bug fields. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - editclassifications - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can create, destroy, and edit classifications. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - editcomponents - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can create, destroy, and edit components. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - editkeywords - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can create, destroy, and edit keywords. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - editusers - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can edit or disable users. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - tweakparams - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - Indicates user can change Parameters. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - <note> - <para> - For more information on how permissions work in Bugzilla (i.e. who can - change what), see <xref linkend="cust-change-permissions"/>. - </para> - </note> - </section> - </section> - - - <section id="reporting"> - <title>Reports and Charts</title> - - <para>As well as the standard buglist, Bugzilla has two more ways of - viewing sets of bugs. These are the reports (which give different - views of the current state of the database) and charts (which plot - the changes in particular sets of bugs over time.)</para> - <section id="reports"> - <title>Reports</title> - + <section id="query"> + <title>The Bugzilla Query Page</title> <para> - A report is a view of the current state of the bug database. + The Bugzilla Query Page is the heart and soul of Bugzilla. It is the master + interface where you can find any bug report, comment, or patch currently in the Bugzilla + system. We'll go into how to create your own bug report later on. </para> - <para> - You can run either an HTML-table-based report, or a graphical - line/pie/bar-chart-based one. The two have different pages to - define them, but are close cousins - once you've defined and - viewed a report, you can switch between any of the different - views of the data at will. + There are efforts underway to simplify query usage. If you have a local installation + of Bugzilla 2.12 or higher, you should have "quicksearch.html" available + to use and simplify your searches. There is also, or shortly will be, a helper + for the query interface, called "queryhelp.cgi". Landfill tends to run the latest code, + so these two utilities should be available there for your perusal. </para> - <para> - Both report types are based on the idea of defining a set of bugs - using the standard search interface, and then choosing some - aspect of that set to plot on the horizontal and/or vertical axes. - You can also get a form of 3-dimensional report by choosing to have - multiple images or tables. + At this point, please visit the main Bugzilla site, + <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi"> + bugzilla.mozilla.org</ulink>, to see a more fleshed-out query page. </para> - <para> - So, for example, you could use the search form to choose "all - bugs in the WorldControl product", and then plot their severity - against their component to see which component had had the largest - number of bad bugs reported against it. + The first thing you need to notice about the Bugzilla Query Page is that + nearly every box you see on your screen has a hyperlink nearby, explaining what + it is or what it does. Near the upper-left-hand corner of your browser window + you should see the word "Status" underlined. Select it. </para> - <para> - Once you've defined your parameters and hit "Generate Report", - you can switch between HTML, CSV, Bar, Line and Pie. (Note: Pie - is only available if you didn't define a vertical axis, as pie - charts don't have one.) The other controls are fairly self-explanatory; - you can change the size of the image if you find text is overwriting - other text, or the bars are too thin to see. + Notice the page that popped up? Every underlined word you see on your screen + is a hyperlink that will take you to context-sensitive help. + Click around for a while, and learn what everything here does. To return + to the query interface after pulling up a help page, use the "Back" button in + your browser. </para> - - </section> - - <section id="charts"> - <title>Charts</title> - <para> - A chart is a view of the state of the bug database over time. + I'm sure that after checking out the online help, you are now an Expert + on the Bugzilla Query Page. If, however, you feel you haven't mastered it yet, + let me walk you through making a few successful queries to find out what there + are in the Bugzilla bug-tracking system itself. </para> - + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Ensure you are back on the "Bugzilla Query Page" + Do nothing in the boxes marked "Status", "Resolution", "Platform", "OpSys", + "Priority", or "Severity". The default query for "Status" is to find all bugs that + are NEW, ASSIGNED, or REOPENED, which is what we want. If you don't select anything + in the other 5 scrollboxes there, then you are saying that "any of these are OK"; + we're not locking ourselves into only finding bugs on the "DEC" Platform, or "Windows 95" + OpSys (Operating System). You're smart, I think you have it figured out. + </para> + <para> + Basically, selecting <emphasis>anything</emphasis> on the query page narrows your search + down. Leaving stuff unselected, or text boxes unfilled, broadens your search! + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + You see the box immediately below the top six boxes that contains an "Email" text box, + with the words "matching as", a drop-down selection box, then some checkboxes with + "Assigned To" checked by default? This allows you to filter your search down based upon + email address. Let's put my email address in there, and see what happens. + </para> + <para> + Type "barnboy@trilobyte.net" in the top Email text box. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Let's narrow the search some more. Scroll down until you find the box with the word + "Program" over the top of it. This is where we can narrow our search down to only + specific products (software programs or product lines) in our Bugzilla database. + Please notice the box is a <emphasis>scrollbox</emphasis>. Using the down arrow on the + scrollbox, scroll down until you can see an entry called "Webtools". Select this entry. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Did you notice that some of the boxes to the right changed when you selected "Webtools"? + Every Program (or Product) has different Versions, Components, and Target Milestones associated + with it. A "Version" is the number of a software program. + <example> + <title>Some Famous Software Versions</title> + <informalexample> + <para> + Do you remember the hype in 1995 when Microsoft Windows 95(r) was released? + It may have been several years + ago, but Microsoft(tm) spent over $300 Million advertising this new Version of their + software. Three years later, they released Microsoft Windows 98(r), + another new version, to great fanfare, and then in 2000 quietly + released Microsoft Windows ME(Millenium Edition)(r). + </para> + <para> + Software "Versions" help a manufacturer differentiate + their current product from their + previous products. Most do not identify their products + by the year they were released. + Instead, the "original" version of their software will + often be numbered "1.0", with + small bug-fix releases on subsequent tenths of a digit. In most cases, it's not + a decimal number; for instance, often 1.9 is an <emphasis>older</emphasis> version + of the software than 1.11, + but is a <emphasis>newer</emphasis> version than 1.1.1. + </para> + <para> + In general, a "Version" in Bugzilla should refer to + <emphasis>released</emphasis> + products, not products that have not yet been released + to the public. Forthcoming products + are what the Target Milestone field is for. + </para> + </informalexample> + </example> + </para> + <para> + A "Component" is a piece of a Product. + It may be a standalone program, or some other logical + division of a Product or Program. + Normally, a Component has a single Owner, who is responsible + for overseeing efforts to improve that Component. + <example> + <title>Mozilla Webtools Components</title> + <informalexample> + <para> + Mozilla's "Webtools" Product is composed of several pieces (Components): + <simplelist> + <member><emphasis>Bonsai</emphasis>, + a tool to show recent changes to Mozilla</member> + <member><emphasis>Bugzilla</emphasis>, + a defect-tracking tool</member> + <member><emphasis>Build</emphasis>, + a tool to automatically compile source code + into machine-readable form</member> + <member><emphasis>Despot</emphasis>, + a program that controls access to the other Webtools</member> + <member><emphasis>LXR</emphasis>, + a utility that automatically marks up text files + to make them more readable</member> + <member><emphasis>MozBot</emphasis>, + a "robot" that announces changes to Mozilla in Chat</member> + <member><emphasis>TestManager</emphasis>, + a tool to help find bugs in Mozilla</member> + <member><emphasis>Tinderbox</emphasis>, + which displays reports from Build</member> + </simplelist> + </para> + <para> + A different person is responsible for each of these Components. + Tara Hernandez keeps + the "Bugzilla" component up-to-date. + </para> + </informalexample> + </example> + </para> + <para> + A "Milestone", or "Target Milestone" is a often a planned future "Version" of a + product. In many cases, though, Milestones simply represent significant dates for + a developer. Having certain features in your Product is frequently + tied to revenue (money) + the developer will receive if the features work by the time she + reaches the Target Milestone. + Target Milestones are a great tool to organize your time. + If someone will pay you $100,000 for + incorporating certain features by a certain date, + those features by that Milestone date become + a very high priority. Milestones tend to be highly malleable creatures, + though, that appear + to be in reach but are out of reach by the time the important day arrives. + </para> + <para> + The Bugzilla Project has set up Milestones for future + Bugzilla versions 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 3.0, etc. However, + a Target Milestone can just as easily be a specific date, + code name, or weird alphanumeric + combination, like "M19". + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + OK, now let's select the "Bugzilla" component from its scrollbox. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Skip down the page a bit -- do you see the "submit query" button? + Select it, and let's run + this query! + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Congratulations! You've completed your first Query, and have before you the Bug List + of the author of this Guide, Matthew P. Barnson (barnboy@trilobyte.net). If I'm + doing well, + you'll have a cryptic "Zarro Boogs Found" message on your screen. It is just + a happy hacker's way of saying "Zero Bugs Found". However, I am fairly certain I will + always have some bugs assigned to me that aren't done yet, + so you won't often see that message! + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> <para> - Bugzilla currently has two charting systems - Old Charts and New - Charts. Old Charts have been part of Bugzilla for a long time; they - chart each status and resolution for each product, and that's all. - They are deprecated, and going away soon - we won't say any more - about them. - New Charts are the future - they allow you to chart anything you - can define as a search. + I encourage you to click the bug numbers in the left-hand column and examine + my bugs. Also notice that if you click the underlined + links near the top of this page, they do + not take you to context-sensitive help here, + but instead sort the columns of bugs on the screen! + When you need to sort your bugs by priority, severity, + or the people they are assigned to, this + is a tremendous timesaver. + </para> + <para> + A couple more interesting things about the Bug List page: + <simplelist> + <member><emphasis>Change Columns</emphasis>: + by selecting this link, you can show all kinds + of information in the Bug List</member> + <member><emphasis>Change several bugs at once</emphasis>: + If you have sufficient rights to change all + the bugs shown in the Bug List, you can mass-modify them. + This is a big time-saver.</member> + <member><emphasis>Send mail to bug owners</emphasis>: + If you have many related bugs, you can request + an update from every person who owns the bugs in + the Bug List asking them the status.</member> + <member><emphasis>Edit this query</emphasis>: + If you didn't get exactly the results you were looking for, + you can return to the Query page through this link and make + small revisions to the query you just made so + you get more accurate results.</member> + </simplelist> </para> - <note> - <para> - Both charting forms require the administrator to set up the - data-gathering script. If you can't see any charts, ask them whether - they have done so. - </para> + <para> + There are many more options to the Bugzilla Query Page + and the Bug List than I have shown you. + But this should be enough for you to learn to get around. + I encourage you to check out the + <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/bugs/">Bugzilla Home Page</ulink> + to learn about the Anatomy + and Life Cycle of a Bug before continuing. + </para> </note> + </section> + + + <section id="bugreports"> + <title>Creating and Managing Bug Reports</title> + <epigraph> + <para>And all this time, I thought we were taking bugs <emphasis>out</emphasis>...</para> + </epigraph> - <para> - An individual line on a chart is called a data set. - All data sets are organised into categories and subcategories. The - data sets that Bugzilla defines automatically use the Product name - as a Category and Component names as Subcategories, but there is no - need for you to follow that naming scheme with your own charts if - you don't want to. - </para> - - <para> - Data sets may be public or private. Everyone sees public data sets in - the list, but only their creator sees private data sets. Only - administrators can make data sets public. - No two data sets, even two private ones, can have the same set of - category, subcategory and name. So if you are creating private data - sets, one idea is to have the Category be your username. - </para> - - <section> - <title>Creating Charts</title> - - <para> - You create a chart by selecting a number of data sets from the - list, and pressing Add To List for each. In the List Of Data Sets - To Plot, you can define the label that data set will have in the - chart's legend, and also ask Bugzilla to Sum a number of data sets - (e.g. you could Sum data sets representing RESOLVED, VERIFIED and - CLOSED in a particular product to get a data set representing all - the resolved bugs in that product.) - </para> - - <para> - If you've erroneously added a data set to the list, select it - using the checkbox and click Remove. Once you add more than one - data set, a "Grand Total" line - automatically appears at the bottom of the list. If you don't want - this, simply remove it as you would remove any other line. - </para> - - <para> - You may also choose to plot only over a certain date range, and - to cumulate the results - that is, to plot each one using the - previous one as a baseline, so the top line gives a sum of all - the data sets. It's easier to try than to explain :-) - </para> - - <para> - Once a data set is in the list, one can also perform certain - actions on it. For example, one can edit the - data set's parameters (name, frequency etc.) if it's one you - created or if you are an administrator. - </para> - - <para> - Once you are happy, click Chart This List to see the chart. - </para> - + <section id="bug_writing"> + <title>Writing a Great Bug Report</title> + <para> + Before we plunge into writing your first bug report, I encourage you to read + <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html">Mozilla.org's Bug + Writing Guidelines</ulink>. While some of the advice is Mozilla-specific, the basic + principles of reporting Reproducible, Specific bugs, isolating the Product you are + using, the Version of the Product, the Component which failed, the Hardware Platform, and + Operating System you were using at the time of the failure go a long way toward ensuring accurate, + responsible fixes for the bug that bit you. + </para> + <para> + While you are at it, why not learn how to find previously reported bugs? Mozilla.org + has published a great tutorial on finding duplicate bugs, available at + <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/quality/help/beginning-duplicate-finding.html"> + http://www.mozilla.org/quality/help/beginning-duplicate-finding.html</ulink>. + </para> + <para> + I realize this was a lot to read. However, understanding the mentality of writing + great bug reports will help us on the next part! + </para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Go back to <ulink url="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/mozilla/bugzilla/"> + http://landfill.tequilarista.org/mozilla/bugzilla/</ulink> + in your browser. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Select the + <ulink url="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/mozilla/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi"> + Enter a new bug report</ulink> link. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Select a product. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Now you should be at the "Enter Bug" form. + The "reporter" should have been automatically filled out + for you (or else Bugzilla prompted you to Log In again + -- you did keep the email with your username + and password, didn't you?). + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Select a Component in the scrollbox. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Bugzilla should have made reasonable guesses, based upon your browser, + for the "Platform" and "OS" drop-down + boxes. If those are wrong, change them -- if you're on an SGI box + running IRIX, we want to know! + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Fill in the "Assigned To" box with the email address you provided earlier. + This way you don't end up sending copies of your bug to lots of other people, + since it's just a test bug. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Leave the "CC" text box blank. + Fill in the "URL" box with "http://www.mozilla.org". + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Enter "The Bugzilla Guide" in the Summary text box, + and place any comments you have on this + tutorial, or the Guide in general, into the Description box. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + <para> + Voila! Select "Commit" and send in your bug report! + Next we'll look at resolving bugs. + </para> </section> - - <section id="charts-new-series"> - <title>Creating New Data Sets</title> - - <para> - You may also create new data sets of your own. To do this, - click the "create a new data set" link on the Create Chart page. - This takes you to a search-like interface where you can define - the search that Bugzilla will plot. At the bottom of the page, - you choose the category, sub-category and name of your new - data set. - </para> - <para> - If you have sufficient permissions, you can make the data set public, - and reduce the frequency of data collection to less than the default - seven days. - </para> + <section id="bug_manage"> + <title>Managing your Bug Reports</title> + <para> + OK, you should have a link to the bug you just created near the top of your page. + It should say + "Bug XXXX posted", with a link to the right saying "Back to BUG# XXXX". + Select this link. + </para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Scroll down a bit on the subsequent page, + until you see the "Resolve bug, changing resolution to (dropdown box). + Normally, you would + "Accept bug (change status to ASSIGNED)", fix it, and then resolve. + But in this case, we're + going to short-circuit the process because this wasn't a real bug. + Change the dropdown next to + "Resolve Bug" to "INVALID", make sure the radio button is + marked next to "Resolve Bug", then + click "Commit". + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Hey! It said it couldn't take the change in a big red box! + That's right, you must specify + a Comment in order to make this change. Select the "Back" + button in your browser, add a + Comment, then try Resolving the bug with INVALID status again. + This time it should work. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + <para> + You have now learned the basics of Bugzilla navigation, + entering a bug, and bug maintenance. + I encourage you to explore these features, and see what you can do with them! + We'll spend no more time on individual Bugs or Queries from this point on, so you are + on your own there. + </para> + <para> + But I'll give a few last hints! + </para> + <para> + There is a <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/help.html">CLUE</ulink> + on the Query page + that will teach you more how to use the form. + </para> + <para> + If you click the hyperlink on the + <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi">Component</ulink> + box of the Query page, you will be presented a form that will describe what all + the components are. + </para> + <para> + Possibly the most powerful feature of the Query page is the + <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/booleanchart.html">Boolean Chart</ulink> section. + It's a bit confusing to use the first time, but can provide unparalleled + flexibility in your queries, + allowing you to build extremely powerful requests. + </para> + <para> + Finally, you can build some nifty + <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/reports.cgi">Reports</ulink> + using the "Bug Reports" link near the bottom of the query page, and also + available via the "Reports" link + at the footer of each page. + </para> </section> - </section> - - </section> - - <section id="flags"> - <title>Flags</title> - - <para> - A flag is a kind of status that can be set on bugs or attachments - to indicate that the bugs/attachments are in a certain state. - Each installation can define its own set of flags that can be set - on bugs or attachments. - </para> - - <para> - If your installation has defined a flag, you can set or unset that flag, - and if your administrator has enabled requesting of flags, you can submit - a request for another user to set the flag. - </para> - - <para> - To set a flag, select either "+" or "-" from the drop-down menu next to - the name of the flag in the "Flags" list. The meaning of these values are - flag-specific and thus cannot be described in this documentation, - but by way of example, setting a flag named "review" to "+" may indicate - that the bug/attachment has passed review, while setting it to "-" - may indicate that the bug/attachment has failed review. - </para> - - <para> - To unset a flag, click its drop-down menu and select the blank value. - Note that marking an attachment as obsolete automatically cancels all - pending requests for the attachment. - </para> - - <para> - If your administrator has enabled requests for a flag, request a flag - by selecting "?" from the drop-down menu and then entering the username - of the user you want to set the flag in the text field next to the menu. - </para> - - <para> - A set flag appears in bug reports and on "edit attachment" pages with the - abbreviated username of the user who set the flag prepended to the - flag name. For example, if Jack sets a "review" flag to "+", it appears - as Jack: review [ + ] - </para> - - <para> - A requested flag appears with the user who requested the flag prepended - to the flag name and the user who has been requested to set the flag - appended to the flag name within parentheses. For example, if Jack - asks Jill for review, it appears as Jack: review [ ? ] (Jill). - </para> - <para> - You can browse through open requests made of you and by you by selecting - 'My Requests' from the footer. You can also look at open requests limited - by other requesters, requestees, products, components, and flag names from - this page. Note that you can use '-' for requestee to specify flags with - 'no requestee' set. - </para> </section> - <section id="whining"> - <title>Whining</title> - - <para> - Whining is a feature in Bugzilla that can regularly annoy users at - specified times. Using this feature, users can execute saved searches - at specific times (i.e. the 15th of the month at midnight) or at - regular intervals (i.e. every 15 minutes on Sundays). The results of the - searches are sent to the user, either as a single email or as one email - per bug, along with some descriptive text. - </para> - - <warning> + <section id="init4me"> + <title>What's in it for me?</title> + <epigraph> <para> - Throughout this section it will be assumed that all users are members - of the bz_canusewhines group, membership in which is required in order - to use the Whining system. You can easily make all users members of - the bz_canusewhines group by setting the User RegExp to ".*" (without - the quotes). + Indiana, it feels like we walking on fortune cookies! </para> - <para> - Also worth noting is the bz_canusewhineatothers group. Members of this - group can create whines for any user or group in Bugzilla using a - extended form of the whining interface. Features only available to - members of the bz_canusewhineatothers group will be noted in the - appropriate places. + These ain't fortune cookies, kid... </para> - </warning> - - <note> - <para> - For whining to work, a special Perl script must be executed at regular - intervals. More information on this is available in - <xref linkend="installation-whining"/>. - </para> - </note> - - <note> - <para> - This section does not cover the whineatnews.pl script. See - <xref linkend="installation-whining-cron"/> for more information on - The Whining Cron. - </para> - </note> - - <section id="whining-overview"> - <title>The Event</title> - - <para> - The whining system defines an "Event" as one or more queries being - executed at regular intervals, with the results of said queries (if - there are any) being emailed to the user. Events are created by - clicking on the "Add new event" button. - </para> - - <para> - Once a new event is created, the first thing to set is the "Email - subject line". The contents of this field will be used in the subject - line of every email generated by this event. In addition to setting a - subject, space is provided to enter some descriptive text that will be - included at the top of each message (to help you in understanding why - you received the email in the first place). - </para> - - <para> - The next step is to specify when the Event is to be run (the Schedule) - and what searches are to be performed (the Searches). + </epigraph> + <para> + Customized User Preferences offer tremendous versatility to + your individual Bugzilla experience. + Let's plunge into what you can do! The first step is to click + the "Edit prefs" link at the footer of each page once you + have logged in to + <ulink url="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/mozilla/bugzilla/query.cgi?GoAheadAndLogIn=1"> + Landfill</ulink>. + </para> + <section id="accountsettings"> + <title>Account Settings</title> + <para> + On this page, you can change your basic Account Settings, + including your password and full name. + For security reasons, in order to change anything on this page you + must type your <emphasis>current</emphasis> + password into the "Old Password" field. + If you wish to change your password, type the new password you + want into the "New Password" field and again into the "Re-enter + new password" field to ensure + you typed your new password correctly. Select the "Submit" button and you're done! </para> - </section> - - <section id="whining-schedule"> - <title>Whining Schedule</title> - - <para> - Each whining event is associated with zero or more schedules. A - schedule is used to specify when the query (specified below) is to be - run. A new event starts out with no schedules (which means it will - never run, as it is not scheduled to run). To add a schedule, press - the "Add a new schedule" button. - </para> - - <para> - Each schedule includes an interval, which you use to tell Bugzilla - when the event should be run. An event can be run on certain days of - the week, certain days of the month, during weekdays (defined as - Monday through Friday), or every day. - </para> - - <warning> - <para> - Be careful if you set your event to run on the 29th, 30th, or 31st of - the month, as your event may not run exactly when expected. If you - want your event to run on the last day of the month, select "Last day - of the month" as the interval. - </para> - </warning> - - <para> - Once you have specified the day(s) on which the event is to be run, you - should now specify the time at which the event is to be run. You can - have the event run at a certain hour on the specified day(s), or - every hour, half-hour, or quarter-hour on the specified day(s). - </para> - - <para> - If a single schedule does not execute an event as many times as you - would want, you can create another schedule for the same event. For - example, if you want to run an event on days whose numbers are - divisible by seven, you would need to add four schedules to the event, - setting the schedules to run on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th (one day - per schedule) at whatever time (or times) you choose. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - If you are a member of the bz_canusewhineatothers group, then you - will be presented with another option: "Mail to". Using this you - can control who will receive the emails generated by this event. You - can choose to send the emails to a single user (identified by email - address) or a single group (identified by group name). To send to - multiple users or groups, create a new schedule for each additional - user/group. - </para> - </note> + <section id="emailsettings"> + <title>Email Settings</title> + <section id="notification"> + <title>Email Notification</title> + <note> + <para> + The email notification settings described below have been obsoleted in Bugzilla 2.12, and + this section will be replaced with a comprehensive description of the amazing array of + new options at your disposal. However, in the meantime, throw this chunk out the window + and go crazy with goofing around with different notification options. + </para> + </note> + <para> + Ahh, here you can reduce or increase the amount of email sent you from Bugzilla! + In the drop-down "Notify me of changes to", select one of + <simplelist> + <member><emphasis>All qualifying bugs</emphasis>: sends you every change to every bug + where your name is somewhere on it, regardless of who changed it.</member> + <member><emphasis>Only those bugs which I am listed in the CC line</emphasis>: prevents + you from receiving mail for which you are the reporter,' + owner, or QA contact. If you are on the CC + list, presumably someone had a <emphasis>good</emphasis> + reason for you to get the email.</member> + <member><emphasis>All qulifying bugs except those which I change</emphasis>: + This is the default, and + a sensible setting. If someone else changes your bugs, you will get emailed, + but if you change bugs + yourself you will receive no notification of the change.</member> + </simplelist> + </para> + </section> + <section id="newemailtech"> + <title>New Email Technology</title> + <note> + <para> + This option may not be available in all Bugzilla installations, depending upon + the preferences of the systems administrator responsible for the setup of your Bugzilla. + However, if you really want this functionality, ask her to "enable newemailtech + in Params" + and "make it the default for all new users", referring her to the Administration section + of this Guide. + </para> + </note> + <para> + Disregard the warnings about "experimental and bleeding edge"; the code to handle email + in a cleaner manner than that historically used for Bugzilla is + quite robust and well-tested now. + </para> + <para> + I recommend you enable the option, "Click here to sign up (and risk any bugs)". + Your email-box + will thank you for it. The fundamental shift in "newemailtech" is away from standard UNIX + "diff" output, which is quite ugly, to a prettier, better laid-out email. + </para> + </section> + <section id="watchsettings"> + <title>"Watching" Users</title> + <note> + <para> + This option may not be available in all Bugzilla installations, depending upon + the preferences of the systems administrator responsible for the setup of your Bugzilla. + However, if you really want this functionality, ask her to "enable watchers in Params". + </para> + </note> + <para> + By entering user email names into the "Users to watch" text entry box, delineated by commas, + you can watch bugs of other users. This powerful functionality enables seamless transitions + as developers change projects, managers wish to get in touch with the issues faced by their + direct reports, or users go on vacation. If any of these three situations apply + to you, you will undoubtedly find this feature quite convenient. + </para> + </section> </section> - - <section id="whining-query"> - <title>Whining Searches</title> - - <para> - Each whining event is associated with zero or more searches. A search - is any saved search to be run as part of the specified schedule (see - above). You start out without any searches associated with the event - (which means that the event will not run, as there will never be any - results to return). To add a search, press the "Include search" button. - </para> - - <para> - The first field to examine in your newly added search is the Sort field. - Searches are run, and results included, in the order specified by the - Sort field. Searches with smaller Sort values will run before searches - with bigger Sort values. - </para> - - <para> - The next field to examine is the Search field. This is where you - choose the actual search that is to be run. Instead of defining search - parameters here, you are asked to choose from the list of saved - searches (the same list that appears at the bottom of every Bugzilla - page). You are only allowed to choose from searches that you have - saved yourself (the default saved search, "My Bugs", is not a valid - choice). If you do not have any saved searches, you can take this - opportunity to create one (see <xref linkend="list"/>). - </para> - + <section id="footersettings"> + <title>Page Footer</title> <note> - <para> - When running queries, the whining system acts as if you are the user - executing the query. This means that the whining system will ignore - bugs that match your query, but that you can not access. - </para> + <para> + By default, this page is quite barren. However, go explore the Query Page some more; you will + find that you can store numerous queries on the server, so if you regularly run a particular query + it is just a drop-down menu away. On this page of Preferences, if you have many stored + queries you can elect to have them always one-click away! + </para> </note> - - <para> - Once you have chosen the saved search to be executed, give the query a - descriptive title. This title will appear in the email, above the - results of the query. If you choose "One message per bug", the query - title will appear at the top of each email that contains a bug matching - your query. - </para> - <para> - Finally, decide if the results of the query should be sent in a single - email, or if each bug should appear in its own email. - </para> - - <warning> - <para> - Think carefully before checking the "One message per bug" box. If - you create a query that matches thousands of bugs, you will receive - thousands of emails! - </para> - </warning> + If you have many stored queries on the server, here you will find individual drop-downs for each + stored query. Each drop-down gives you the option of that query appearing on the footer of every + page in Bugzilla! This gives you powerful one-click access to any complex searches you may set up, + and is an excellent way to impress your boss... + </para> + <tip> + <para>By default, the "My Bugs" link appears at the bottom of each page. However, this query + gives you both the bugs you have reported, as well as those you are assigned. One of the most + common uses for this page is to remove the "My Bugs" link, replacing it with two other queries, + commonly called "My Bug Reports" and "My Bugs" (but only referencing bugs assigned to you). This + allows you to distinguish those bugs you have reported from those you are assigned. I commonly + set up complex Boolean queries in the Query page and link them to my footer in this page. When + they are significantly complex, a one-click reference can save hours of work.</para> + </tip> </section> - - <section> - <title>Saving Your Changes</title> - + <section id="permissionsettings"> + <title>Permissions</title> <para> - Once you have defined at least one schedule, and created at least one - query, go ahead and "Update/Commit". This will save your Event and make - it available for immediate execution. + This is a purely informative page which outlines your current permissions on + this installation of Bugzilla. If you have permissions to grant certain permissions to + other users, the "other users" link appears on this page as well as the footer. + For more information regarding user administration, please consult the Administration + section of this Guide. </para> - - <note> - <para> - If you ever feel like deleting your event, you may do so using the - "Remove Event" button in the upper-right corner of each Event. You - can also modify an existing event, so long as you "Update/Commit" - after completing your modifications. - </para> - </note> </section> - </section> + <section id="usingbz-conc"> + <title>Using Bugzilla-Conclusion</title> + <para> + Thank you for reading through this portion of the Bugzilla Guide. I anticipate + it may not yet meet the needs of all readers. If you have additional comments or + corrections to make, please submit your contributions to the + <ulink url="mailto://mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org">mozilla-webtools</ulink> + mailing list/newsgroup. 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